Given name & surname · also German
Silvo
Silvo is a masculine given name, possibly from Middle High German, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Silvo possibly comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Silvo developed from Σιλουανός.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Silvo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1915. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Silvo’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Silvo is a diminutive of Silvester. In Italian usage, Silvo has a feminine form in Silva. In Finnish usage, Silvo developed from the Ancient Greek form Σιλουανός.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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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