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[Opinions] Re: Middle name(s) for Sylvia + pronunciation

by LMS

1/26/2016, 12:30 AM

If you have a hard time finding middle names for Sylvia, have you tried Sylvie? Its nice as well but pairs with more middle names since a lot of female names end with an -a and make it hard not to have rhyming names.

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- Remora L. (Uilos) +3

1/26/2016, 4:47 AM

I agree, Sylvie is easier to use as a first name than Sylvia. Sylvie is very sweet (like its Finnish variant Sylvi), but I still prefer Sylvia: I guess Sylvie and Sylvi are too youthful for my taste?

- CN +2

1/26/2016, 6:48 AM

To me Sylvie/Sylvi is more ambiguous. I wouldn't be sure if it's a boy or a girl since there is the male name Sylve. I don't know if it's used in Finland though.

- LMS

1/26/2016, 4:17 PM

In the US its definitely feminine, though we do have some male Sylvios here, though they all seem to be older and immigrants.

- Remora L. (Uilos)

1/26/2016, 8:27 AM

I had to check from the site of Finland's Population Register Centre, if Sylve is ever used in Finland (because I've never come across with it). The result: Sylve has been given to less than 10 women and 10 men in years 1900-1939. Sylvi, on the other hand, is clearly a feminine name here: it's given to 15360 women since the late 1800's and only less than 15 men.

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