Silvia
Silvia (Italian: [ˈsilvja]) 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.
In Roman mythology, Silvia is the goddess of the forest while Rea 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
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
- Evelyn Silvia, American mathematician
- Silvia Airik-Priuhka, Estonian writer and poetry translator
- Silvia Barbescu, Romanian painter
- Silvia Bellot, Spanish motor racing official
- Silvia Cambir, Romanian painter
- Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand Viceroy, jurist
- Silvia Ciornei, Romanian politician
- Silvia Fuselli, Italian footballer
- Silvia Heubach, German-American mathematician
- Silvia Intxaurrondo, Spanish journalist
- Silvia Laidla, Estonian actress
- Sylvia Miles, American actress
- Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Spanish singer
- Silvia Puppo Gastélum, Mexican politician
- Silvia Madetzky, German female discus thrower
- Silvia Marcovici, Romanian violinist
- Silvia Sorina Munteanu, Romanian singer
- Silvia Navarro, Mexican actress
- Silvia Njirić, Croatian tennis player
- Silvia Pinal, Mexican actress
- Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short-story writer
- Silvia Radu, Romanian sculptor
- Sylvia Rivera, American LGBTQ+ activist
- Silvia Rodgers, writer and political activist
- Silvia Saint, Porn star
- Silvia Seidel, German actress
- Silvia Sommer, Composer and pianist
- Silvia Stroescu, Romanian gymnast
- Silvia Tcherassi, Colombian fashion designer
- Silvia Adriana Țicău, Romanian politician
- Stephen Silvia, American academic
- Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, Peruvian-American explorer and mountaineer
Other
- Silvia, Cauca, a municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia
- Nissan Silvia, an automobile sold in Japan
- Silvia is the name of two plant genera:
- Silvia in family Orobanchaceae
- Silvia in family Lauraceae
- Silvia anacardioides, S. polyantha, and S. rondonii have been moved to Mezia itauba
- Other species have been moved to genus Mezilaurus
- Rhea Silvia, Roman mythology
- gens Silvia, legendary family in Roman mythology
- Silvia, a character in William Shakespeare's play Two Gentlemen of Verona, is the love interest of protagonist Valentine
- Silvia, a character in the Viewtiful Joe series
- "Silvia" (song), a song by the Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow
- SILVIA, Symbolically Isolated Linguistically Variable Intelligence Algorithms, is an artificial intelligence platform technology created by Cognitive Code
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