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Silvia
(
Italian:
[?silvja]
) 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
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- Queen Silvia of Sweden
(born 1943), spouse of King Carl XVI Gustaf
- Saint Silvia
, Italian saint of the 6th century
- Silvia Airik-Priuhka
, Estonian writer and poetry translator
- Silvia Bachli
(born 1956), Swiss visual artist
- Silvia Barbescu
, Romanian painter
- Silvia Bellot
, Spanish motor racing official
- Silvia Braslavsky
, Argentinian chemist
- Silvia Cambir
, Romanian painter
- Silvia Cartwright
, New Zealand Viceroy, jurist
- Silvia Ciornei
, Romanian politician
- Silvia Fuselli
, Italian footballer
- Silvia Heubach
, German-American mathematician
- Silvia Hunte
(born 1938), Panamanian sprinter
- Silvia Intxaurrondo
, Spanish journalist
- Silvia Laidla
, Estonian actress
- Silvia Lara Povedano
, Costa Rican politician and sociologist
- Silvia Perez Cruz
, Spanish singer
- Silvia Puppo Gastelum
, 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 Njiri?
, Croatian tennis player
- Silva Oja
(born 1961), Estonian heptathlete
- Silvia Pinal
, Mexican actress
- Silvia Radu
, Romanian sculptor
- Silvia Rodgers
(1928?2006), German-Jewish-British writer and political activist
- Silvia Saint
, Czech pornographic actress
- Silvia Seidel
, German actress
- Silvia Sommer
, Austrian composer, pianist and music producer
- Silvia Stroescu
, Romanian gymnast
- Silvia Tcherassi
, Colombian fashion designer
- Silvia Adriana ?ic?u
, Romanian politician
- Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
, Peruvian-American explorer and mountaineer
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See also
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