Silvia
Silvia is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, Silva, and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the mythological god of the forest was associated with the figure of Silvanus. Silvia is also a surname.
In Roman mythology, Silvia is the goddess of the forest while Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus. Silvia is also the name of one of the female innamorati of the commedia dell'arte and is a character of the Aminta written by Torquato Tasso.
People with the given name
- Queen Silvia of Sweden, spouse of King Carl XVI Gustaf
- Saint Silvia, Italian saint of the 6th century
- Silvia Abascal, Spanish actress
- Silvia Abril, Spanish actress and comedian
- Silvia Agüero, Spanish Roma writer and activist
- Silvia Airik-Priuhka, Estonian writer and poetry translator
- Silvia Albano, Italian judge
- Silvia Alonso, Spanish actress
- Silvia Ambrosio, Italian tennis player
- Silvia Araya, Chilean-born Canadian painter and art instructor
- Silvia Arber, Swiss neurobiologist
- Silvia Arrom, American historian
- Silvia Bächli, Swiss visual artist
- Silvia Balletti, Italian actress
- Silvia Baraldino, Italian political activist
- Silvia Barbescu, Romanian painter
- Silvia Bellot, Spanish motor racing official
- Silvia Blair, Colombian scientist
- Silvia Bovenschen, German feminist literary critic, author and essayist
- Silvia Braslavsky, Argentinian chemist
- Silvia Breher, German politician
- Silvia Calzón, Spanish epidemiologist and politician
- Silvia Cambir, Romanian painter
- Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand Viceroy, jurist
- Silvia Cavalleri, Italian professional golfer
- Silvia Cesana, know professionally as Sissi, Italian singer-songwriter
- Silvia Ciornei, Romanian politician
- Silvia Clemente, Spanish politician and civil servant
- Silvia Carreño-Coll, Dominican-American judge
- Silvia Collatina, Italian actress
- Silvia Colloca, Italian-Australian actress, singer, and cookbook author
- Silvia Contreras, Mexican flag football player
- Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and news presenter
- Silvia D'Amico, Italian actress
- Silvia de Grasse, Panamanian jazz and tamborera singer
- Silvia Derbez, Mexican actress
- Silvia Dionisio, Italian actress
- Silvia Disderi, Italian professional tennis player
- Silvia Dominguez, Spanish basketball player
- Silvia Eiblmayr, Austrian art historian and curator
- Silvia Ferrari, Italian-American aerospace engineer
- Silvia Fontana, Italian figure skater
- Silvia Foti, American journalist
- Silvia Fominaya, Spanish model, actress and presenter
- Silvia Fuselli, Italian footballer
- Silvia Heubach, German-American mathematician
- Silvia Hroncová, Slovak manager and publisher
- Silvia Hunte, Panamanian sprinter
- Silvia Intxaurrondo, Spanish journalist
- Silvia Laidla, Estonian actress
- Silvia Lara Povedano, Costa Rican politician and sociologist
- Silvia Levenson, Argentine artist and activist
- Silvia Lospennato, Argentine political scientist and politician
- Silvia Lulcheva, Bulgarian actress
- Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Spanish singer
- Silvia Puppo Gastélum, Mexican politician
- Silvia Madetzky, German female discus thrower
- Silvia Marcovici, Romanian violinist
- Silvia Mezzanotte, Italian singer
- Silvia Sorina Munteanu, Romanian singer
- Silvia Navarro, Mexican actress
- Silvia Neid, German professional football player and manager
- Silvia Njirić, Croatian tennis player
- Silvia Obrist, Swiss wheelchair curler
- Silvia Odio, Cuban-American who testified at the Warren Commission investigation
- Silva Oja, Estonian heptathlete
- Silvia Olari, Italian singer
- Silvia Olmedo, Spanish psychologist, sexologist, television host, producer and author
- Silvia Paladino, Australian singer
- Silvia Peppoloni, Italian geologist, researcher, and scholar
- Silvia Picozzi, Italian physicist
- Silvia Pinal, Mexican actress
- Silvia Prada, Spanish artist
- Silvia Radu (sculptor), Romanian sculptor
- Silvia Reyes, Spanish transgender activist
- Silvia Rivas, Argentine artist
- Silvia Rodgers, German-Jewish-British writer and political activist
- Silvia Ruegger, Canadian long-distance runner
- Silvia Saint, Czech pornographic actress
- Silvia Santelices, Chilean actress
- Silvia Sapag, Argentine politician
- Silvia Saunders, English writer
- Silvia Semenzin, Italian author, scholar and activist
- Silvia Semeraro, Italian karateka
- Silvia Seidel, German actress
- Silvia Solar, French actress
- Silvia Soler, Spanish writer and journalist
- Silvia Sommer, Austrian composer, pianist and music producer
- Silvia Stroescu, Romanian gymnast
- Silvia Stump, Swiss alpine skier
- Silvia Tcherassi, Colombian fashion designer
- Silvia Adriana Țicău, Romanian politician
- Silvia Toffanin, Italian television presenter and former model
- Silvia Torras, Argentine artist
- Silvia Tortora, Italian journalist
- Silvia Truu, Estonian children's writer
- Silvia Urbina, Chilean singer, folklorist and teacher
- Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, Peruvian-American explorer and mountaineer
- Silvia Valdés, Guatemalan Supreme Court judge
- Silvia Valsecchi, Italian racing cyclist
- Silvia Vignolini, Italian physicist
- Silvia Vidal, Spanish mountain climber
- Silvia Weissteiner, Italian long-distance runner
- Silvia Yustos, Spanish rhythmic gymnast and coach
- Silvia Zarzu, Romanian artistic gymnast
- Silvia Zenari, Italian geologist and botanist
- Silvia Ziche, Italian comic book artist and writer
People with the surname
- Alan Silvia, American politician from Massachusetts
- Evelyn Silvia, American mathematician
- Stephen Silvia, American academic
- Tatiana Silva, professional name of Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Belgian model and beauty pageant winner