Sylwia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sylwia

What is the meaning of the name Sylwia ?

The baby name Sylwia is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈsɨl.vja/.

Sylwia is Latin, Polish in Origin.

Sylwia is the Polish spelling of Latin Silvia, the feminine form of Silvius, a Roman family and personal name built on silva, forest or woodland, with the adjectival suffix -ius and feminine -ia. Its earliest clear form is classical Latin Silvia, literally of the wood or belonging to the forest; Polish orthography writes Latin /v/ as w and uses y for the central vowel after s.

The Latin name is remembered in Roman legend through Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus, which helped keep Silvia visible in European learned and Catholic naming traditions. Sylwia appears as a specifically Polish form, especially familiar among women born in the later twentieth century, while English favors Sylvia, Italian and Spanish Silvia, and French Sylvie. Outside Poland it is most often encountered in Polish diaspora contexts.