Sylvie

Where Sylvie comes from

Derived from Latin silva (forest).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sylvie
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #2,208 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1944
    Sylvie Vartan born
    French singer, chansonnier, and actress
  3. 1952
    Sylvie Kinigi born
    Burundian politician
  4. 2025
    Peak, #282
    1,096 babies named Sylvie — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Sylvie Kinigi · Burundian politician, born 1952
  • Sylvie Vartan · French singer, chansonnier, and actress, born 1944
  • Sylvie Testud · French actress, born 1971
  • Sylvie Guillem · French dancer and choreographer, born 1965
  • Sylvie Goulard · French politician, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.