Given name
Sylvio
“a woodland dweller”
Sylvio is a variant of Silvanus. One Latin interpretation is “a woodland dweller.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sylvio is a variant of Silvanus. One Latin interpretation is “a woodland dweller.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sylvio is a variant of Silvanus. An origin associated with Silvanus is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sylvio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 463
- 463 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 29 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 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 364 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.
Sylvio’s family of names
Sylvio has a related form in Silvanus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sylvio
- SylvinhoBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1974
- Sylvio HoffmannBrazilian footballer (1908-1991)
- Sylvio KrollEast German gymnastborn 1965
- Sylvio PirilloBrazilian association football player (1916-1991)
- Sylvio LazzariFrench composer (1857–1944)
- Sylvio ManthaCanadian ice hockey defenceman (1902-1974)
- Sylvio de Magalhães PadilhaBrazilian athlete (1909–2002)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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