Given name
Sylvana
“a woodland dweller”
Sylvana is a variant of Silvana. In Latin use, Silvana carries the interpretation “a woodland dweller.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sylvana is a variant of Silvana. In Latin use, Silvana carries the interpretation “a woodland dweller.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sylvana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 817
- 0 boys · 817 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,297 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,297 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,023 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sylvana’s family of names
Sylvana has a related form in Silvana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sylvana
- Sylvana SimonsDutch presenter, journalist and politicianborn 1971
- Sylvana Tomaselliacademicborn 1957
- Sylvana LorenzFrench art dealer1953–2026
- Sylvana IJsselmuidenDutch model, television presenter and actressborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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