Sylvia

New Latin, from silvia (“woodland sprite”), from Latin silva (“wood, forest”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sylviidae – typical warblers, now subject to substantial taxonomic revision of its constituent species.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Sylvioidea - superfamily; Sylviidae - family

• (genus): Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian blackcap) - type species; Sylvia althaea (Hume's whitethroat, now sometimes Curruca althaea), Sylvia balearica (Balearic warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus balearicus), Sylvia boehmi (banded parisoma, now sometimes Curruca boehmi), Sylvia borin (garden warbler), Sylvia buryi (Yemen warbler, now sometimes Curruca buryo), Sylvia cantillans (western subalpine warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus cantillans), Sylvia communis (common whitethroat, now sometimes Melizophilus communis), Sylvia conspicillata (spectacled warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus conspicillatus or Curruca conspicillata), Sylvia crassirostris (eastern Orphean warbler, now sometimes Curruca crassirostris), Sylvia curruca (lesser whitethroat, now sometimes Curruca curruca), Sylvia deserti (African desert warbler, now sometimes Atraphornis deserti), Sylvia deserticola (Tristram's warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus deserticola), Sylvia dohrni (Dohrn's thrush-babbler), Sylvia hortensis (western Orphean warbler, now sometimes Curruca hortensis), Sylvia layardi (Layard's warbler, now sometimes Curruca layardi), Sylvia leucomelaena (Arabian warbler, now sometimes Curruca leucomelaena), Sylvia lugens (brown warbler, now sometimes Curruca lugens), Sylvia melanocephala (Sardinian warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus melanocephalus), Sylvia melanothorax (Cyprus warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus melanothoraz), Sylvia minula (desert whitethroat, now sometimes Curruca minula), Sylvia mystacea (Menetries's warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus mystaceus), Sylvia nana (Asian desert warbler, now sometimes Atraphornis nana), Sylvia nisoria (barred warbler, now sometimes Curruca nisoria), Sylvia ruppeli (Rüppell's warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus ruppeli), Sylvia sarda (Marmora's warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus sardus), Sylvia subalpina (Moltoni's warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus subalpina), Sylvia subcaerulea (chestnut-vented warbler, now sometimes Curruca subcaerulea), Sylvia undata (Dartford warbler, now sometimes Melizophilus undatus) - selected other species (Some species recently allocated to Sylvia are omitted.)

• Corruca

• Sylvia (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sylvia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sylvia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sylvia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Sylvia at AnimalBase
• Sylvia at Encyclopedia of Life
• Sylvia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sylvia at World Register of Marine Species
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Feminine form of a Medieval form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”). In myths, Rhea Silvia was the mother of famous twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. 6th-century saint Silvia was the mother of the pope Gregory the Great.

Sylvia

1. A female given name from Latin, a popular spelling variant of Silvia.
   • 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91:

     What lovely names for girls there are!
     There's Stella like the Evening Star,
     And Sylvia like a rustling tree, […]

2. A minor city in Reno County, Kansas, United States.
3. (Roman mythology) Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.
4. (astronomy) 87 Sylvia, a main belt asteroid; named for Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.

• Vasily

Sylvia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

Sylvia f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Sylvia: Sylviuson
• daughter of Sylvia: Sylviudóttir

From Latin Silvia. Cognate with English Sylvia and Silvia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsylʋiɑ/, [ˈs̠ylʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ylʋiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Syl‧vi‧a

Sylvia

1. a female given name
   • 1986, Eila Pennanen, Santalahden aika, WSOY, →ISBN, page 11:

     Sylvi oli muuttanut nimensä Sylviaksi, kun Arttu oli ostanut tehtaan ja huvilan ja he olivat muuttaneet tänne.
     Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvian laulu, se oli yksi Topeliuksen runo, mutta Sylvin, ei vaan Sylvian mielestä Sylvia kuulosti paremmalta kuin pelkkä Sylvi. Hilma suostui kiltisti sanomaan häntä Sylviaksi.

     Sylvi had changed her name to Sylvia, when Arttu had acquired the factory and they had moved here.
     Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvia's song, that was one of Topelius's poems, but Sylvi, I mean Sylvia thought Sylvia sounded better than just Sylvi. Hilma kindly agreed to call her Sylvia.

• Silva
• Sylvi

• Sylvia is the 511^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 655 female individuals (and as a middle name to 4,951 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From Latin Silvia. A Latinate variant of Sylvie.

• IPA^(key): /sil.vja/

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Sylvia f

1. a female given name

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Sylvia

1. a female given name, variant of Silvia

Sylvia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia

• Sylvi, Sølvi

Sylvia f

1. a female given name, variant of Sílvia

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Sylvia c (genitive Sylvias)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia