Silvia
[ˈsɪl.vi.ə]Meaning
feminine form of Silvius, from the Latin for forest
Background Story
Silvia is the feminine form of Silvius, from the Latin word for forest. In Roman mythology Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus, and the name also belonged to a 6th-century saint, the mother of Pope Gregory the Great. It has been common in Italy since the Middle Ages and was introduced to England by Shakespeare, who used it in The Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1594; it is now more commonly spelled Sylvia in the English-speaking world.
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