Baby name

FADING GIRL · LATIN-SPANISH
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Silvina

/sil · VEE · nah/


“Of the forest”

Argentine and Spanish feminine form of Silvino, from Latin Silvanus meaning 'of the forest'; especially common in Argentina through the 20th century.

sil

warm

How it ages.

Solidly retro; the silver-forest root is lovely but the name peaked decades ago in the Southern Cone.

The cultural moment.

Common in Argentina from the 1960s through 1990s, declining since.