Sylvia (given name)
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Sylvia is feminine given name of Latin origin, also spelled Silvia. The French form is Sylvie.
Namesakes
- Saint Silvia
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
- Sylvia (singer), American country singer born Sylvia Jane Kirby
- Sylvia Anderson, British voice artist and film producer
- Sylvia Ashton-Warner, New Zealand writer, poet and educator
- Sylvia Browne, American psychic
- Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General of New Zealand
- Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress, producer and director
- Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
- Sylvia Earle, American oceanographer and aquanaut
- Sylwia Gruchała, Polish fencer
- Sylvia Hanika, German tennis player
- Sylvia Likens, American murder victim
- Silvia Monfort, French actress
- Silvia Pinal, Mexican actress
- Sylvia Plath, American poet
- Sylvia Pankhurst, British suffragette and Marxist
- Sylvia Rivera, American transgender activist
- Sylvia Robinson, American rhythm & blues singer, member of Mickey & Sylvia, and record label executive
- Sylvia Ruuska American medley and freestyle swimmer
- Sylvia Sidney, American actress*
- Sylvia Sleigh, feminist artist
- Sylvia Syms, British actress
- Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker, member of Ian and Sylvia, Canadian singer
- Sylvie Vartan, French singer
- Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer, known for 'Y Viva España' in 1971
- Sylvia Wene, American bowler
Fictional characters
- Sylvia Rosen, a neighbor who is friendly with Don and Megan Draper in Mad Men (season 6)
- Sylvia Goodwin, the mother of Roy Cropper in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
Music
- Sylvia's Mother, 1972 single
Surname
- Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial arts fighter
See also
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