Silvia Forename
217th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,537,347 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein
Silvia Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin f. of Silvius, derivative of silva ‘wood’. Rhaea Silvia was the name of the mother of Romulus and Remus, and it was probably from this that Silvia came into use as a christian name in Italy at the Renaissance. Shakespeare’s use of it for one of the two heroines of Two Gentlemen of Verona is probably responsible for its modern use as a christian name in England.
Read More About This ForenameSilvia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 468,935 | 1:265 | 40 |
| Argentina | 100% | 385,087 | 1:111 | 11 |
| Germany | 100% | 217,978 | 1:444 | 134 |
| Brazil | 96% | 207,024 | 1:1,035 | 156 |
| Italy | 100% | 142,849 | 1:427 | 92 |
| Spain | 100% | 121,127 | 1:384 | 79 |
| United States | 100% | 84,877 | 1:4,271 | 653 |
| Peru | 100% | 79,628 | 1:399 | 59 |
| Ecuador | - | 70,411 | 1:252 | 38 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 61,647 | 1:261 | 42 |
| Chile | 100% | 60,432 | 1:291 | 60 |
| Colombia | 100% | 47,503 | 1:1,006 | 165 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 42,516 | 1:6,067 | 787 |
| Cuba | - | 41,850 | 1:275 | 67 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 41,427 | 1:256 | 42 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 40,319 | 1:204 | 36 |
| Austria | 100% | 32,345 | 1:263 | 68 |
| El Salvador | - | 32,120 | 1:197 | 27 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26,846 | 1:1,125 | 177 |
| Kenya | 100% | 26,137 | 1:1,772 | 334 |
| Romania | 100% | 24,632 | 1:814 | 131 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 23,278 | 1:147 | 21 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 20,813 | 1:348 | 57 |
| Uganda | 100% | 20,018 | 1:2,046 | 307 |
| Honduras | 100% | 18,583 | 1:474 | 76 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 16,667 | 1:286 | 38 |
| Zambia | - | 16,149 | 1:982 | 223 |
| Angola | 100% | 15,116 | 1:1,784 | 359 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15,097 | 1:399 | 50 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 12,473 | 1:426 | 85 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 12,353 | 1:4,273 | 733 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 10,548 | 1:1,602 | 333 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9,898 | 1:16,110 | 1,926 |
| Moldova | 100% | 9,166 | 1:389 | 89 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 9,118 | 1:1,144 | 179 |
| Panama | 100% | 7,382 | 1:529 | 72 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 5,799 | 1:196 | 57 |
| England | 100% | 4,788 | 1:11,613 | 878 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,172 | 1:13,071 | 2,069 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Egypt | 100% | 3,644 | 1:25,220 | 1,801 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2,497 | 1:6,177 | 918 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,416 | 1:29,001 | 3,643 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,348 | 1:7,288 | 902 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,148 | 1:15,425 | 1,538 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,137 | 1:83,090 | 5,001 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,868 | 1:4,364 | 466 |
| France | 100% | 1,837 | 1:36,184 | 1,278 |
| Sudan | - | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,668 | 1:6,889 | 898 |
| Poland | 95% | 1,272 | 1:29,896 | 954 |
| India | 100% | 1,234 | 1:984,504 | 64,743 |
| Australia | - | 1,201 | 1:11,372 | 1,017 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,154 | 1:8,542 | 792 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Czechia | 100% | 851 | 1:12,522 | 477 |
| Philippines | 99% | 772 | 1:137,318 | 6,914 |
| Estonia | 100% | 768 | 1:1,713 | 383 |
| Ghana | - | 730 | 1:36,967 | 2,200 |
| Croatia | 100% | 695 | 1:6,068 | 605 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 682 | 1:8,252 | 941 |
| Portugal | - | 655 | 1:15,894 | 830 |
| China | - | 578 | 1:2,363,418 | 44,802 |
| Greece | 100% | 572 | 1:19,116 | 963 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 534 | 1:40,469 | 2,827 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 529 | 1:1,066 | 219 |
| Namibia | - | 527 | 1:4,562 | 688 |
| Ireland | 100% | 506 | 1:9,177 | 688 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 477 | 1:7,443 | 560 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Norway | 100% | 421 | 1:12,191 | 967 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 419 | 1:72,673 | 5,528 |
| Serbia | 100% | 410 | 1:17,429 | 1,207 |
| Morocco | - | 409 | 1:83,982 | 2,937 |
| Albania | 100% | 398 | 1:7,655 | 1,319 |
| Andorra | - | 384 | 1:216 | 40 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 373 | 1:101 | 11 |
| Belize | 100% | 353 | 1:1,004 | 198 |
| Denmark | - | 319 | 1:17,710 | 1,122 |
| Haiti | 100% | 312 | 1:34,381 | 2,516 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Russia | 98% | 289 | 1:499,079 | 5,475 |
| Scotland | 100% | 239 | 1:22,386 | 1,027 |
| Cape Verde | - | 206 | 1:2,569 | 418 |
| San Marino | 100% | 206 | 1:160 | 35 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 196 | 1:35,665 | 2,096 |
| Japan | - | 190 | 1:673,611 | 12,673 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 182 | 1:1,055 | 195 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 181 | 1:3,210 | 469 |
| Hungary | 100% | 180 | 1:54,399 | 565 |
| New Zealand | - | 180 | 1:25,200 | 1,809 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 160 | 1:974 | 286 |
| Hong Kong | - | 149 | 1:52,032 | 2,531 |
| Finland | 100% | 140 | 1:39,166 | 1,528 |
| Iraq | 100% | 140 | 1:250,128 | 3,898 |
| Malta | - | 125 | 1:3,435 | 545 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 119 | 1:20,662 | 1,302 |
| Suriname | 100% | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Wales | 100% | 114 | 1:27,143 | 1,292 |
| Iran | - | 104 | 1:754,778 | 7,422 |
| Singapore | 100% | 102 | 1:61,638 | 6,850 |
| Aruba | - | 96 | 1:1,081 | 222 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 86 | 1:2,259,973 | 29,466 |
| Turkey | 100% | 86 | 1:904,671 | 9,456 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 83 | 1:5,731 | 255 |
| Jamaica | - | 69 | 1:41,786 | 2,537 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 40 | 1:594,242 | 30,447 |
| Armenia | 100% | 38 | 1:76,809 | 2,242 |
| Qatar | 100% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| South Korea | - | 36 | 1:154,012 | 6,575 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 33 | 1:26,396 | 1,486 |
| Jordan | 100% | 28 | 1:315,242 | 3,168 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 28 | 1:72,857 | 6,868 |
| Benin | 100% | 26 | 1:406,763 | 14,639 |
| Belarus | 100% | 24 | 1:395,099 | 2,754 |
| Monaco | 100% | 24 | 1:1,603 | 333 |
| Georgia | 81% | 21 | 1:178,022 | 5,082 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 19 | 1:376,421 | 16,551 |
| Iceland | 100% | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Macau | - | 18 | 1:33,789 | 454 |
| Israel | 99% | 17 | 1:494,289 | 9,770 |
| Palestine | 100% | 17 | 1:267,650 | 2,596 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 13 | 1:4,715 | 843 |
| Niger | 100% | 13 | 1:1,475,692 | 20,181 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:4,094 | 700 |
| Ivory Coast | 89% | 12 | 1:1,922,994 | 45,079 |
| Latvia | 100% | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 12 | 1:4,572 | 824 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 11 | 1:167,559 | 1,705 |
| Congo | 100% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Kosovo | - | 10 | 1:186,144 | 7,603 |
| Afghanistan | - | 9 | 1:3,624,835 | 24,448 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 9 | 1:151,269 | 9,102 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Vietnam | - | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 3 | 1:211,525 | 3,416 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Sílvia (265,450), Silvía (38) & Sílvía (1) are calculated separately.
Silvia (29,071) may also be a surname.
Silvia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin f. of Silvius, derivative of silva ‘wood’. Rhaea Silvia was the name of the mother of Romulus and Remus, and it was probably from this that Silvia came into use as a christian name in Italy at the Renaissance. Shakespeare’s use of it for one of the two heroines of Two Gentlemen of Verona is probably responsible for its modern use as a christian name in England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Latin name, meaning: Forest dweller.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Silvia Forename Popularity
Silvia Demographics
Silvia Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 10,719 (2014)
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Silvia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silvia in the Russian language | ||
| Сильвиа | silvia | - |
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