Silvia/Sylvia/Sylvie

[NamingQuandries]

I am going to preface this by acknowledging that some of what I'm going to say is illogical 😆

Sylvie is on our shortlist, but my reservation is that even though I know it's a full name, it feels a bit nicknamey. We also have four nephews/nieces whose names all end in -ie/-ey and it just feels like we'd be adding to the pile.

I'd like the longer option, but I think as I work in healthcare, Sylvia to me is very much a woman in her 60s/70s!

I am well aware that Silvia is, in essence, exactly the same. But the Latin spelling makes it feel slightly different/fresher to me, it would go well with our DSs name which is also Latin origin. We'd also love a bit of a nod to Italy in our baby name so that attracts.

Just wondering what people think? 😊

Love Silvia, don’t mind Sylvie, but don’t like Sylvia at all. (This might be because I’m originally from a Central European country where the “y” sound is quite different to the “i”.)

My y and i sound different too, and the 'ylv' seems a bit unpleasant.
Sylvie has it too but I sort of say it more like sil-vie

Gorgeous names, whichever you choose. I know a 20 year old Sylvia, it really suits her.

Sylvie

Throughout my life I have only known three Sylvia's, they have all been really beautiful women, so I love the name.
Their names have also been shortened by some to Sylvie, even Syl.
Not as elegant imo.

Throughout my life I have only known two Sylvias, they have both been unpleasant women, but I dislike the name anyway.

one of the Sylvia’s I knew had a best friend called Valerie (Sylvie and Val). Pretty sure Valerie is due a comeback although not at all keen on the Val shortening!

Another option would be Sylvana?

Had a granny Sylvia... she would be 105 now. People always called her Sylvia.

Sylvestra

I love Sylvie but also love Sylva/Silva.

I prefer Sylvie

Sylvie is a stunning name. I predict that it’s going to skyrocket in popularity over the next few years, which may or may not bother you.

Have you considered Silver? It’s kinda cool!

I love Sylvie! I don’t like Silvia/ Sylvia though.

Sylvie deffo! It both sounds beautiful and looks really nice typed as well

My dog is called Silvia, aka Silvie, Sil, Silly.

Do you like Silvana?

Team Sylvie here! Our friend had a similar thought and was initially leaning towards Sylvia to shorten to Sylvie, but her DH pushed for Sylvie. It really suits her, lots of ‘what a lovely name’ when people hear it too ☺️

My name is Sylvia and I’m in my late forties and I hate it! Always felt like an old lady name and it gets spelled incorrectly all the time. I get called Sylvie/Sylv which is slightly better but not a lot!

Sylvie