Silvio

Spellings & scripts●

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 8 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◐

Silvio is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name225K records spelled Silvio23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Germany, United States, Venezuela

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Sílvio, Silvioe, Sìlvio, Sìlvìo, Silvió

• Croatian given name16K records spelled Silvio34 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Italy, United States, Spain

  Languages: Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Сильвио, Силвио, Сільвіа, Сільвіо, Sylvio

• French given name15K records spelled Silvio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Sílvio, Sìlvio

• a separate given name5.6K records spelled Silvio2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Sílvio

• Indonesian given name950 records spelled Silvio2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Indonesia, United States, Peru

  Also written Sílvio

• Polish given name785 records spelled Silvio2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Italy, Switzerland

  Also written Sílvio

• Japanese given name685 records spelled Silvio2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, United States, Italy, Peru

  Also written Sílvio

• Swahili given name639 records spelled Silvio5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, South Africa, Ecuador

  Also written Silviò, Sílvio

54 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●

Silvio 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.

• In Portuguese, a male given name, equivalent to English Silvius

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, lat. Silvius, nome connesso a silva ‘selva’; forma popolare toscana Salvi.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Etimologia coine sopra. 21 agosto. Forma popolare toscana Salvi. Cogn. Salvi, -vini, -vioiii, -viucci, Salvotti. Iri Pie- monte Silvetti, Salvetti, Servetti, ed in Liguria Cer- vetto. Nella topononiastica, il superbo Cervino pro- bshilmente = dfo?ia: Si1oinu.s.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In Italian, forma ital. de Silvius

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Variante de Sylvain, du latin silva « forêt ».

  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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 121 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Pius IIb. 1405ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464)
• Silvio Pellicob. 1789ITItalian writer and poet
• Silvio Piolab. 1913ITItalian footballer and manager (1913-1996)
• Silvio Narizzanob. 1927CACanadian film and television director
• Silvio Berlusconib. 1936ITItalian media tycoon and politician (1936–2023)
• Silvio Marzolinib. 1940ARArgentine footballer (1940–2020)
• Silvio Rodríguezb. 1946CUCuban recording artist; musician, singer-songwriter
• Silvio Micalib. 1954USItalian-American computer scientist
• Silvio Orlandob. 1957ITItalian actor
• Pier Silvio Berlusconib. 1969ITItalian entrepreneur in the media business

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 · 843 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Silvio?

We estimate roughly 134 thousand people bear Silvio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Silvio have the most bearers?

Silvio is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled silvio.

How common is Silvio compared with other names?

In Argentina, Silvio is the 380th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Silvio a male or female name?

Silvio is a male 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 Silvio mean?

Recorded meaning: A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Silvius.