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Sylvia

/SIL-vee-ah/Luganda · a girl’s name

“Of the forest; woodland woman.”

How to say it
SIL-vee-ah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Uganda
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Sylvia

Nicknames & short forms

Sylvie