French

Sylvie

Pronounced SIL-veeShare

Meaning: Wood; forest

  • Girl
  • Familiar
  • Rising
  • 2 syllables

The story

Sylvie is used in French and Czech as a form of Silvia. The name family reaches the Latin forest word silva.

Nicknames

  • Syl
  • Vivi

Spellings & variants

Popularity

Familiar

In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.

Climbing in the latest US data

Style

Origins

Sylvie comes from French.

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