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Silva name meaning

Last Name
162k
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys

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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Silva mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Silva

User Submitted Origins

Portuguese
63%
Latin
13%
Spanish
13%
Arabic
6%
Berber
6%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Nigeria says the name Silva means "Gift of God that will shine in the world".
  2. A submission from India says the name Silva means "Silva'beauty of nature'. Silva'shining like silver'".
  3. A submission from Egypt says the name Silva means "Consolation. in Arabic the name is 'Salwa'" and is of Arabic origin.
  4. A submission from South Carolina, U.S. says the name Silva means "Woodland maid" and is of Latin origin.
  5. A submission from Canada says the name Silva means "Forest" and is of Latin origin.
  6. A submission from Idaho, U.S. says the name Silva means "Baby tree".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Sil"va
The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.A description or history of the forest trees of a country.

Etymology: L., properly, a wood, forest

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. The forest trees growing in a country or region
Wiktionary
  1. A surname​.

Silva was also found in the following language(s): Portuguese and Slovene

Notable Persons Named Silva

Notable Persons Named Silva

Sylva Koscina

Sylva Koscina was an actress and model. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1955 to 1955. Sylva was given the name Silva Košćina on August 22nd, 1933 in Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She breathed her last breath on December 26th, 1994.

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Silva Kaputikyan

Silva Kaputikyan was a lyric poetry writer. Silva was given the name Sirvard Kaputikyan on January 20th, 1919 in Yerevan. She breathed her last breath on August 25th, 2006.

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Silva Hakobyan

Silva Hakobyan is a pop music musician. Silva was born in 1988 in Vayk.

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Silva Valente

Silva was born on July 25th, 1948 in Setúbal.

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Silva Tagliagamba

He died in 1922.

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Silva

Silva was born on November 5th, 1948.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Silva

Notable Persons With the Last Name Silva

Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva is a martial artist. Anderson was born on April 14th, 1975 in São Paulo, Brazil.

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David Silva

David Silva is a soccer player for the Manchester City F.C., Valencia CF, Valencia CF Mestalla, SD Eibar, Celta de Vigo, Spain national under-16 football team, Spain national under-17 football team, and Spain national under-19 football team. David was born on January 8th, 1986 in Arguineguín, Spain.

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Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva is a martial artist. Wanderlei was born on July 3rd, 1976 in Curitiba, Brazil.

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Antônio Silva

Antônio was born on September 14th, 1979 in Brasília.

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a public speaker and politician. Luiz was born on October 27th, 1945 in Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil.

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Thiago Silva

Thiago Silva is a soccer player for the Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Fluminense FC, Pedrabranca Futebol Clube, Esporte Clube Juventude, FC Porto B, FC Dynamo Moscow, A.C. Milan, Brazil national under-23 football team, and Brazil national football team. Thiago was born on September 22nd, 1984 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thiago is also known as Emiliano da Silva and Thiago.

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  • Adrien Silva
    Soccer Player
  • Bernardo Silva
    Soccer Player
  • Lucas Silva
    Soccer Player
  • Nicole Dasilva
    Actress
  • Henry Silva
    Film
  • Eike Batista
    Ceo of Ebx Group
  • Daniel Silva
    Novelist
  • Giant Silva
  • Esperanza Gomez
  • Jason Silva
  • Gilberto Silva
    Soccer Player
  • Seu Jorge
    Musician
  • Mario Testino
    Artist
  • Natalia Lafourcade
    Singing

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Silva U.S.
  White 32.61% 64.26%
  African American 2.03% 11.96%
  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 2.01% 4.85%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39% 0.69%
  Two or More Ethnicities 1.62% 1.76%
  Hispanic or Latino 61.34% 16.26%

Of Last Name Silva

People with the last name Silva are most frequently White or Hispanic or Latino

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Fun Facts about the name Silva

  • What name lists does Silva rank for?
  • How Popular is the name Silva? Silva is the 11,672nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Silva was the 163rd most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Silva have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 896 babies born with the first name Silva in the United States. That's more than enough people named Silva to occupy the country of Vatican City with an estimated population of 800 (as of March 1, 2011).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Silva? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1892 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Silva first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Silva is Wednesday, September 1st, 1875.
  • What year had the most people named Silva born? The highest recorded use of the first name Silva was in 1969 with a total of 19 babies.
  • Random Silva Factoid: According to the 1988 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Silva is not a popular baby girl's name in New York. Imagine that, only 5 babies in New York have the same name in 1988.
  • Weird things about the name Silva: The name spelled backwards is Avlis. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Salvi. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Silva? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 161,633 people with the last name Silva.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Silva? Silva was ranked as the 163rd most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!
  • Silva name meaning

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