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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Latin: Woodland maid
  2. Latin: From the forest

First name variations: Silva, Silvie, Sylvie, Sylva, Silvana, Sylvana, Sylwia, Zilvia, Silvia, Syl, Sylvea

Last name origin & meaning:

Apparently an altered spelling of Italian Silvia.

This name appears in the following lists: Poets, Pioneers/Explorers