Silvana
Origin
Latin
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
woodland spirit (from Silvanus, Roman god of the forest); Silvana Mangano's 1950s screen fame seeded a generation of Argentine Silvanas
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Silvana has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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