Gender: Girl
Meaning: Forest, from the woods
Origin: Latin
Popularity: Ranked #361 in 2024 with 863 babies born.
History: Sylvia peaked in the 1940s-50s and is reviving. Sylvia Plath wrote 'The Bell Jar' and some of the most intense poetry in American literature — her confessional style changed what poetry could do. Sylvia Rivera was a pioneering transgender rights activist at Stonewall. Sylvia means American women who burn bright, even when the cost is devastating.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Sylvia? About 1 in 3,857 babies born in 2024 were named Sylvia, or roughly 2.4 per day in the United States.
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