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Sylvia, Silvia, Sylvie

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insanitypack · 12/11/2018 13:24

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greencatbluecat · 17/11/2018 11:30

Not Silvia because it looks like a misspelling.

ChippyMinton · 16/11/2018 19:35

Silvie

RavenWings · 16/11/2018 19:33

I don't really get how people are calling Sylvia a 'granny' name, and yet are happy to give their children names such as Florence, Elsie, Wilfred, Arthur etc. - far more 'old people' names if you ask me and unattractive.

Oh, they're all ugly, dated names to me too! Although Arthur is a bit better than the rest. MN is not a hivemind.

Pemba · 16/11/2018 17:34

I don't really get how people are calling Sylvia a 'granny' name, and yet are happy to give their children names such as Florence, Elsie, Wilfred, Arthur etc. - far more 'old people' names if you ask me and unattractive.

Sylvia, OK it was popular pre-war, but it is a classic, features in poetry etc. Then there's Sylvia Plath. It's lovely, as are Silvia and Sylvie. French people think of Sylvie as middle-aged though apparently.

SubtitlesOn · 16/11/2018 16:14

I mean the number of younger people called Silvia in Italy is as common as young people in uk called Sophie

Not that Silvia is an Italian version of Sophie iyswim

SubtitlesOn · 16/11/2018 16:10

Silvia is quite common in Italy - with this spelling

My DB has several in his new wife's family and friends

Sort of their version of Sophie

Crystalblue13 · 16/11/2018 16:06

Sylvia is my grandma’s name too. I like Sylvie

Squishies · 16/11/2018 16:04

I love Sylvia!
Definitely time it came back.

WowserBowser · 16/11/2018 15:11

Sylvia

Astronica · 16/11/2018 10:32

Definitely Sylvie. This is so cool and appealing. It also doesn't need to be a nickname for something else, which only takes away from it I think - it is a name in it's own right.

twelv · 15/11/2018 17:23

I really like the original spelling of Silvia but wouldn't Silvie work as the NN

Shadow1234 · 15/11/2018 17:22

Prefer Sylvie.

Accountant222 · 15/11/2018 17:21

A girl at our school was called Silvana, lovely name and I've never heard of another

seeingdots · 15/11/2018 17:12

Sylvie.

pilates · 15/11/2018 17:04

Sylvie

RavenWings · 15/11/2018 17:01

Silvia. Sylvia doesn't appeal to me (bit granny imo) and I'm not keen on Sylvie for an adult. I'm not keen on a lot of ie names as I think they can be infantilising and cutesy, and Sylvie falls into that bracket for me. It's a pretty nickname though.

newrubylane · 15/11/2018 15:41

The baby name book I read recently suggested that Silvia is the original spelling, but Sylvia is more common now. I was discussing the name with my mum (I love it but OH has already vetoed Sad) and she said she preferred Sylvie. All lovely though.

IsabelleSE19 · 12/11/2018 18:09

Slight bias as it's my DD's name, but I love it and am still so pleased we chose it! It's a name everyone is familiar with but is still very unusual (except in France where Sylvie is the name of everybody's mother/auntie/cousin!). She is Sylvie most of the time although her name is Sylvia (I wanted to make sure I could claim she was named after the suffragette!). The sound of the name sounds so beautiful to me, like Silvery (as a pp sort of said).

Surprised it's not making more of a comeback tbh, like Ivy, Elsie etc.

stellarfox · 12/11/2018 18:02

I love Sylvie

SallyWD · 12/11/2018 16:46

Sylvia is such a beautiful name

BackforGood · 12/11/2018 15:12

Sylvia

sylviec · 12/11/2018 14:58

What does 'fey' mean?

LeeMiller · 12/11/2018 14:24

Sylvia.

Sylvie is nice as a nn for Sylvia, as a full name I agree with the poster who said it's fey.

Silvia is fine if you're Italian, otherwise it's a bit random when the pronunciation is the same. Also, it reminds me of Berlusconi.

sylviec · 12/11/2018 14:21

Being an old lady name doesn't matter at all. A baby isn't an old lady. Old ladies were not always old ladies either!

thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 12/11/2018 14:20

It's a very old lady name. And so is Sylvie.

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