Sylvia

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Variant spelling of Silvia ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

See Silvia

Name Days

Finland

8 August

Norway

31 December

Finland (Swedish Language)

8 August

Sweden

8 August

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Sylvia
Accusative:	Sylviu
Dative:	Sylviu
Genitive:	Sylviu

- Faroese
Nominative:	Sylvia
Accusative:	Sylviu
Dative:	Sylviu
Genitive:	Sylviu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1859 ^[4]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[5]		3814	10279	0	0
Norway[6]		669	1204	0	0
Denmark[7]		347	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[8]		n.a.	13607	n.a	1
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[6]:

Sources: ^{[5] [7] [6] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
4. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi