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(Roman mythology) Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.
(astronomy) 87 Sylvia, a main belt asteroid; named for Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus. examples
A female given name from Latin, a popular spelling variant of Silvia. quotations examples
What lovely names for girls there are!There's Stella like the Evening Star,And Sylvia like a rustling tree, […]
1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91