Are silva and silvia the same name?

Question

Are silva and silvia the same name?

Answer 1

No of course not they are spelt differently for starters. and they have different origins.

Silva Name Meaning and History

Portuguese, Galician, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of the many places called Silva, or a topographic name from silva ‘thicket’, ‘bramble’.

Silvia Name Meaning and History

Southern Italian and Portuguese: from the female personal name Silvia. According to classical legend, this was the name of the mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. It was a very popular personal name among Christians throughout Europe, having been borne by the mother of Pope Gregory the Great, a saint in her own right.

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