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Silvia

American  
[sil-vee-uh] / ˈsɪl vi ə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “forest.”


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The image was created by Silvia Mantovanini, a PhD student at the Curtin University node of ICRAR.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026

Silvia Bocchino, 55, said she had taken a day off work and travelled to Rome as she felt a "duty" to pay her respects.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Although the resort itself is quite upmarket, Le Constellation was not particularly posh, the BBC's Silvia Costeloe reported from the resort.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

The body-positivity movement got a major boost in the early 2000s, when Unilever marketing executive Silvia Lagnado proposed a bold Dove campaign emphasizing self-acceptance rather than the usual aspirational quest for uniform thinness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Silvia always looks at me deeply, with kind eyes that really see me, that really look, and when she asks, “How are you, Virginia?”

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau