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Silva

Female#601 most common in Croatia760 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Forest, wood
Origin:
Latin

About the name Silva

From Latin 'silva' (forest); also a short form of Silvija and Silvana.

Popularity with newborns

Silva has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

760 people in Croatia are called Silva, according to the 2021 census. That is #601 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Silva is recorded in 14 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Dubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

NatureModerately common

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.