Sylvie or Sylvia. Opinions please.

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Any opinions on these names, please. Also which do you prefer?

Much prefer Sylvie.

Not my favourite names but of the two I vastly prefer Sylvie

ooh I love Sylvie!

Sylvie always sounds more cheerful and pleasing to me, but Sylvia itself is not bad. You could go for my favourite version of the name, the Scandinavian version, which is Sylva or Silva?

Much prefer Sylvie. Sylvia sounds dated to my ears whereas Sylvie is more chic and funky IMO. Amazing how one letter can change so much ??

I love both of them.
THe advantage of Sylvia is that you can also use Sylvie and get the best of both worlds!

Sylvia = granny.
Sylvie = awesome.

Our v cool next door neighbours, both writers, in a swank part of NYC (not a boast, stealth or otherwise - we were very lucky and had subsidised academic housing!) had a daughter called Sylvia. She reckoned it was due for a revival and told me she knew of several baby Sylvias. Mind you, Americans and their baby name choices...

Oh, I like Sylvia more...

It's funny, but I much prefer Julia to Julie, but I prefer Sylvie to Sylvia.

The ie ending is French and the ia ending is Italian, and the UK used to prefer the more classical ia ending but moved on to French sounding versions in the sixties. Which is why Julie sounds like a 40 - 50 year old, but somehow Sylvie doesn't.

Sylvie is nice. Don't like Sylvia.

Sylvia. Sylvia is somebody's 60-year-old Auntie who smokes Woodbines and wears a headscarf over her curlers.

Argh! That should say that I prefer Sylvie!

I like sylvie better than Sylvia which is odd my rl name ends in an a but sometimes can end in an e. I go mad when people call me the e version.

Sylvie

Having said both outloud a few times now I think I prefer Sylvie as it sounds more relaxed. Sylvia sounds (to me) like a character from Downton, not that that makes it bad, just a bit old school.

Sylvie is nice but a bit limp.

Sylvia is strong, feminine, unfrilly and pleasingly retro without making me think of some downtrodden scullery maid.

I prefer Sylvia, it's my mums name. Lots of people call her Sylvie which she likes, but to me it's a nn. I think Sylvia on a little girl now would be adorable.

If it's spelled like that, then Sylvie. But if you're considering any spelling, I like Silvia.

Sylvie=awsome
Sylvia=a 70 year old
Prefer sylvie lol

Sylvie is beautiful and distinctive.

Sylvia is dated, now, unfortunately, not in a good way.

Both lovely.
Agree with PP suggesting Sylvia as name then Sylvie as nn.
Much of a muchness to me

Isn't Sylvie considered very dated in France, and is viewed the way we see Brenda here? That puts me off it.

Go for Sylvia wih nn Sylvie.

Sylvia with nn Sylvie. Lovely name.