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Sylvia

One spelling. All preserved contexts.
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Script: Latin
Compound status: Unknown
In this record: Relationships: 7 · observations: 16

Candidate data 1.0.0. Unknown values have not been filled with guesses.

Language information

Dictionary information and other contexts are kept separate. A statistical territory does not establish the language of a name; a classification does not determine a person's gender.

Dictionary contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
English	Female	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: English. Source category: Female. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "attribution_id": "attr:9a5385c2-a70f-5e5c-b5c3-22000d28b855", "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:8ec8a885-07ef-52a1-a7f9-b49df92853e5", "country": null, "definition_qualifications": [ { "kind": "source_usage_note", "source_text": "a popular spelling variant of [[Silvia]]", "value_basis": "source_reported" } ], "evidence_id": "ev:619a92ba-4955-517e-a6e4-2ec406470a23", "form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "gender": "female", "language": "en", "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section", "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0", "release_ready": false, "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim", "text": "Sylvia", "value_basis": "source_reported" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Language

Gender in source

Basis

Evidence

English

Female

Usage evidence

Evidence

Language: English. Source category: Female. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person.

Open source and technical details →

Technical details and JSON

Original claim

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    "basis": "usage_evidence",
    "context_id": "ctx:8ec8a885-07ef-52a1-a7f9-b49df92853e5",
    "country": null,
    "definition_qualifications": [
        {
            "kind": "source_usage_note",
            "source_text": "a popular spelling variant of [[Silvia]]",
            "value_basis": "source_reported"
        }
    ],
    "evidence_id": "ev:619a92ba-4955-517e-a6e4-2ec406470a23",
    "form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89",
    "gender": "female",
    "language": "en",
    "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section",
    "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
    "release_ready": false,
    "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim",
    "text": "Sylvia",
    "value_basis": "source_reported"
}

All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Other contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
Dutch	Not specified	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: Dutch. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:48ade234-5ed0-5c42-a529-764bcc08d763", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:d91acba3-86bc-5dc6-8ed1-daeb17a031a7", "form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "gender": "unknown", "language": "nl" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Female	Source classification	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Female. Basis: Source classification. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "source_classification", "context_id": "ctx:ea8f848a-5112-521c-8731-7789d58af2f4", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:02426e34-7f62-5ace-b735-859a01bcc0e4", "form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "gender": "female", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Female	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Female. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:f8596acc-79a7-5f45-a152-e4775e5f1ace", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:2fb8b48d-83e8-5908-bece-b816e5671f07", "form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "gender": "female", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Related spellings

Every relationship has a direction and type. Source-reported equivalence does not imply universal interchangeability.

Relationships: 7

From	To	Type	Evidence
Sylvia	Sylvio	Source-reported relationship	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported relationship». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:f73e353e-4188-56a2-ac39-716a00b510c3", "from_form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:776f3611-6e3a-5c8b-a068-b87521b170d6", "position": null, "relation": "other_gender_version", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:5eb04815-f8e3-5e3b-9248-42e2d5415ca8" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Sylvia	Silvia	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:d69b2b06-0246-5b2a-a2e5-5c7f20c71491", "from_form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:3cf0c3d6-1827-5b74-bcb8-e6ccdcea045c", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:67f61b56-d25c-5d25-8ecd-ecf8ea303c99" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Sylvia	Sylvie	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:3480b5cf-e11b-57f4-bdff-0948813bfaf6", "from_form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:b345f119-df80-5367-b8ee-dc4d094e4f75", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:d08d1584-b370-55e5-96a4-650a93fc63a0" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Sylvia	Sílvia	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:93a41ba5-7270-542a-9817-561fd972aab1", "from_form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:2f910395-33ef-5cbd-9abb-6bee22d54c08", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:d793eabd-70fc-507d-9ff7-e7479371cab9" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Sylvia	Sylvi	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:965d3a8a-edd2-5f93-bc69-4364072d32ec", "from_form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:d1b790b3-d1e3-5fe9-8e5a-c1d0cabced7f", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:aee9d9b4-c9a7-5bc8-ab22-6a29de3c7d6a" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Sylvia	Silvija	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:730c7338-dcdd-5de3-b6fd-de87707cfd85", "from_form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:dd46a02b-6762-5f95-b122-784fc3956ff6", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:59eedad0-3409-5e85-af59-e8892dee38e3" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Sylvia	Sylvía	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:714ad4cc-9de3-5408-a5ba-92aaabb1b939", "from_form_id": "frm:a27c1f0b-4f40-54ce-8557-7397c49e2e89", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:cd9c9ebe-0fd4-5b99-8480-5c3c1c80d85a", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:5abbf643-20b0-51d1-99a2-6fbf8f4067f6" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Usage in statistics

Series differ in coverage and counting units. Values cannot be added together to measure global popularity.

SeriesObservations shown: 16

Territory	Year	Category	Name position	Count
United States	2025	Female	Not available	1017
Germany	2023	Female	Not available	7
England and Wales	2025	Female	Not available	95
Cologne	2022	Female	2	1
Cologne	2022	Female	3	1
Cologne	2010	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2011	Female	Not available	3
Cologne	2012	Female	Not available	3
Cologne	2013	Female	Not available	3
Cologne	2014	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2015	Female	Not available	2
Cologne	2016	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2017	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2018	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2019	Female	2	3
Cologne	2021	Female	3	2

An unspecified position is not treated as first position. Full counting units, methods and qualifications are preserved in the original data.

Observation technical details

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Usage context: Dutch · Not specified · Usage evidence

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Usage context: Not specified · Female · Source classification

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Usage context: Not specified · Female · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2022 · Female · count: 1 · name position: 2

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Dictionary context: English · Female · Usage evidence

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Provenance of the record «Sylvia»

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Relationship «Sylvia → Sylvio»: Source-reported relationship

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Relationship «Sylvia → Silvia»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Sylvia → Sylvie»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Sylvia → Sílvia»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Sylvia → Sylvi»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Sylvia → Silvija»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Sylvia → Sylvía»: Source-reported equivalence

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Statistics: Cologne · 2022 · Female · count: 1 · name position: 3

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Statistics: Cologne · 2010 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2011 · Female · count: 3 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2012 · Female · count: 3 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2013 · Female · count: 3 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2014 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2015 · Female · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2016 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2017 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2019 · Female · count: 3 · name position: 2

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Statistics: Cologne · 2021 · Female · count: 2 · name position: 3

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}

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