Name meaning & stats
Silvie
Silvie (French origin). 168 US babies since 1940, peak 2025. Notable Silvies are 1.5× over-represented as film producers.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
FrenchSpelling of Sylvie
Sylvie around the world
- Сильви · Russian
- Σιλβί · Greek
- سيلفي هينروتين · Arabic
- シルヴィー · Japanese
- 西尔维 · Chinese
Famous Sylvies
- Sylvie Kinigi · Burundian politician
- Sylvie Vartan · French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
- Sylvie Testud · French actress
Sylvie’s name day
- November 5 · France
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
168 US babies were named Silvie between 1940 and 2025.
Silvie around the world
- England & Wales: 87 babies since 1996, peak 2021, No. 5,926 in 2025
- France: 555 babies since 1900, peak 1958
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Silvies end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | 1.4× | Low · 5 people |
| Journalist | 1.5× | Low · 5 people |
| Actor | 0.9× | Low · 4 people |
| Film producer | 1.5× | Low · 3 people |
Among notable women who are film producers, Silvies show up 1.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 53 Sylvies spell it Silvie
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)