Sylvia

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

Sylvia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sylviidae – the typical warblers.

• (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), Sylvia balearica (Balearic warbler), Sylvia boehmi (banded parisoma), Sylvia borin (garden warbler), Sylvia buryi (Yemen warbler), Sylvia cantillans (subalpine warbler), Sylvia communis (common whitethroat), Sylvia conspicillata (spectacled warbler), Sylvia crassirostris (eastern Orphean warbler), Sylvia curruca (lesser whitethroat), Sylvia deserti (African desert warbler), Sylvia deserticola (Tristram's warbler), Sylvia dohrni (Dohrn's thrush-babbler), Sylvia hortensis (western Orphean warbler), Sylvia layardi (Layard's warbler), Sylvia leucomelaena (Arabian warbler), Sylvia lugens (brown warbler), Sylvia melanocephala (Sardinian warbler), Sylvia melanothorax (Cyprus warbler), Sylvia minula (desert whitethroat), Sylvia mystacea (Menetries's warbler), Sylvia nana (Asian desert warbler), Sylvia nisoria (barred warbler), Sylvia ruppeli (Rüppell's warbler), Sylvia sarda (Marmora's warbler), Sylvia subalpina (Moltoni's warbler), Sylvia subcaerulea (chestnut-vented warbler), Sylvia undata (Dartford warbler) - other species

• Sylvia (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sylvia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sylvia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Sylvia

1. (Roman mythology) Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.
2. (astronomy) 87 Sylvia, a main belt asteroid; named for Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.
3. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Silvia.
   • 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")

     What lovely names for girls there are!

     There's Stella like the Evening Star,

     And Sylvia like a rustling tree, […]

• Vasily

Sylvia

1. A female given name, cognate to 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]
• Hyphenation: 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.

• Silva
• Sylvi

From Latin Silvia. A Latinate variant of Sylvie.

• IPA^(key): /sil.vja/

Sylvia f

1. A female given name.

Sylvia

1. A female given name, a spelling variant of Silvia.

Sylvia

1. A female given name, cognate to Silvia.

• Sylvi, Sølvi

Sylvia f

1. A female given name, a spelling variant of Sílvia

Sylvia c (genitive Sylvias)

1. A female given name, cognate to Silvia.