Nameling

Sylvanna

Girl · sil-VAH-nuh · Latin

Sylvanna is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Sylvanna mean?

Latin: spelling of Sylvana, itself a variant of Silvana, from Latin silva 'wood'

“of the forest”

Feminine of Silvanus, the Roman god of woods and fields, from Latin silva 'wood'.

Say it
sil-VAH-nuh

Meaning borrowed from Sylvana.

Is Sylvanna a girl's or a boy's name?

Sylvanna is a girls' name.

How popular is Sylvanna in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.

Half of all the girls named Sylvanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1959Busiest: 14 in 19962023
Sylvanna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20235#15,188
20227#12,237
20210–
20200–
20190–
20187#12,459
20176#14,120
201611#9,408
20157#13,001
20146#14,552
20135#16,542
20129#11,251
201111#9,719
20100–
20096#15,236
200811#10,080
200711#10,125
20060–
20055#16,455
20048#11,617
200311#9,043
20029#10,240
200112#8,189
20006#13,147
19996#12,681
199812#7,527
19976#12,065
199614#6,387
19955#13,380
19947#10,563
19936#11,773
199212#7,060
19916#11,501
19908#9,241
19899#8,031
19880–
198712#5,918
19869#7,130
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19815#10,409
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19675#6,803
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19595#6,244

Nicknames for Sylvanna

Names like Sylvanna

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Sylvanna

More Latin names