Given name

Sylvina

Sylvina is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Sylvina isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sylvina through the years

Babies since 1880
52
0 boys · 52 girls
Most popular year
1919
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
02468192019401960198020002025Highest share 19190.0
Sylvina in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1918–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 192 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.

SylvinaSilvina

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Sylvina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old-fashioned

Santina

26RareRising

>99% girls

English · Old-fashioned

Alvina

“triend of the elves” · “friend of the elves”

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Greek · Old-fashioned

Iona

“woman from the island”

35RareSteady

1% boys · 99% girls

English · Old-fashioned

Sibyl

“a prophetess; a seer”

24RareSteady

>99% girls

Latin

Levina

“resembling a lightning bolt”

22RareRising fast

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Lavina

33RareRising

>99% girls

Latin · Old-fashioned

Cecile

Cecile is a feminine given name from French, ultimately from Latin. It is used in English, Cebuano, and Old French.

23RareEasing

>99% girls

Italian · Literary

Verona

“woman from Verona”

25RareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sylvina’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Sylvina

A sister for Sylvina