Sylvia (given name)

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 Poggioli, Radio news anchor
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

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.
Sylvia, character in the animated series Wander Over Yonder