Given name & surname
Sylvie
Sylvie is used as a given name and a surname. Sylvie is connected with Silvia.
Original FrenchSylvia
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In French use, Sylvie is used as a form of Silvia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sylvie is a form of Silvia. The history of Silvia gives this family its wider story. In Roman legend, Rhea Silvia is the mother of Romulus and Remus. Shakespeare later used Silvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, adding an English literary association to a name with a long Italian history.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sylvie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,444
- 0 boys · 8,444 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 1,096 babies
- 2025
- 1,096
- #282 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +162%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,096 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 282 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 161.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (73). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,588 as a first name in 2020; 120 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sylvie’s family of names
In French usage, Sylvie has a diminutive in SYLVETTE. Sylvie shares a linguistic root with Silvia. In French usage, Sylvie has a related form in Sylvia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sylvie has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sylvie
- Sylvie KinigiBurundian politicianborn 1952
- Sylvie VartanFrench singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
- Sylvie TestudFrench actressborn 1971
- Sylvie GuillemFrench dancer and choreographerborn 1965
- Sylvie GoulardFrench politicianborn 1964
- Sylvie MeisDutch television personality and modelborn 1978
- Sylvie BecaertFrench biathleteborn 1975
- Sylvie JolyFrench actress (1934–2015)
- Sylvie TellierFrench modelborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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