Name: Silvia
Gender: Female
Usage: Silvia, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Silvia are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Mozambique, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Silvia across the world, see Silvius.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Silvia is: Wooded, Forest.
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Numerology of the first name Silvia: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Silvia is ranked on the 935th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 579200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.008% of the population. The name Silvia has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Silvia for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Silvia is an Italian female given name of Latin origin, with English-language cognate Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest Silva and its meaning is spirit of the wood. The mythological god of the forest was associated with the figure of Silvanus.
In Roman mythology, Silvia is the goddess of the forest while Rea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus. Silvia is also the name of one of the female innamorati of the commedia dell'arte and is a character of the Aminta written by Torquato Tasso.
Italian and English: from Roman legend. Rhea Silvia was, according to mythological tradition, the mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded Rome. Her name probably represents a reworking, by association with Latin silva wood, of some pre-Roman form. It was borne by a 6th-century saint, mother of Gregory the Great, and has always been relatively popular in Italy. Shakespeare used it as a typically Italian name in his Two Gentlemen of Verona, but it is now completely established in the English-speaking world.
Variant: English, Scandinavian: Sylvia.
Cognate: French: Sylvie.
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