Silvia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sylvia in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PL Poland and 5 more, סילביה in IL Israel, FR France, Сильвия in FI Finland, RU Russia and Силвия in BG Bulgaria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Silvia is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name121K records spelled Silvia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, Andorra, Argentina

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Sílvia

• Italian given name119K records spelled Silvia17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Sílvia, Silvià, Sìlvìa, Sìlvia, Sïlvïä

• a separate given name59K records spelled Silvia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Sílvia, Sìlvia, Si̒lvia

• Indonesian given name50K records spelled Silvia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Spain, United States, Italy

  Also written 'Silvia, Sílvia, Silvia'

• Romanian given name24K records spelled Silvia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Romania, Spain, Italy

  Also written Sílvia

• Finnish given name14K records spelled Silvia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Spain, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Sílvia

• Lao given name11K records spelled Silvia11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Sylvia, ซิลเวีย, ซัลเวีย, Sílvia, ซลเวย

81 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Silvia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Ancient Latin name; also the name of the mother of Gregory the Great. See main dictionary. Masculine form: Silvio.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Tunisie

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Swedish, Silvia är en sidoform till → Sylvia, vanlig i bl.a. romanska länder. En känd namnbärare är drottning Silvia (f. 1943), Sveriges drottning sedan 1976. I den rikssvenska almanackan 8 augusti.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, forma fem. de Silvio

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Du latin silva « forêt »; forme de Sylvia/Sylvie.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 138 years between 1884–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Chiara Lubichb. 1920ITnot in their usual nameItalian founder of the Focolare Movement (1920–2008)
• Silvia Sommerlathb. 1943SEqueen consort of Sweden
• Silvia Cartwrightb. 1943NZNew Zealand viceroy, jurist
• Silvia Montib. 1946ITItalian film actress (1946–2026)
• Silvia Saintb. 1976CZCzech pornographic actress
• Silvia Collocab. 1977AUItalian singer, actress, author and TV cooking personality
• Silvia Navarrob. 1978MXMexican actress
• Silvia Abascalb. 1979ESSpanish actress
• Sílvia Albertob. 1981PTPortuguese television presenter and actress
• Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötlandb. 2012SEnot in their usual namedaughter of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,206 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Silvia?

We estimate roughly 742 thousand people bear Silvia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Silvia have the most bearers?

Silvia is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled silvia.

Where is Silvia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Silvia is densest in Poland — about 1 in 210 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Silvia compared with other names?

In Argentina, Silvia is the 61st most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Silvia a male or female name?

Silvia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Silvia mean?

Recorded meaning: Ancient Latin name, which was also the name of the mother of Gregory the Great.