Given name · Russian
Сильвия
“forest”
Сильвия (Sílʹvija) is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Silvia.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Сильвия goes back to Latin silva, meaning “forest.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Сильвия developed from Silvia. In Russian usage, Сильвия is a feminine form of Silvius.
Сильвия’s family of names
In Russian usage, Сильвия has a diminutive in Сильва. In Russian usage, Сильвия developed from the Latin form Silvia. In Russian usage, Сильвия has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sylvia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Сильвия has relatives in 16 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Сильвия comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Silviaroot · Latin, Swedish
- SylviaSwedish, English
- SylvieCzech, French
- SilvieCzech
- SylwiaPolish
- Си́львияfeminine form
- SílviaPortuguese, Catalan
- SilvijaLithuanian, Latvian
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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