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Around the globe, Sylva (Sylva , Сильва , Силва ) is quite a common epicene first name. The first name Sylva is characteristic of Czechia, where it is quite a common feminine name, Lebanon, where it is quite a rare female name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Russia, and Czechia. Also, Sylva is the last name as well as the forename.
Sylva is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sylva Varescu , the character in the operetta Die Csárdásfürstin by Emmerich Kálmán, The Gipsy Princess.