Silvian

given name · Latin script

Meaning: männl. Vom., der au f lat

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/sɪɫvʲiən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Silvian is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Moldova than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MDMoldova1 in 14K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 127K
  • ISIceland1 in 175K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Moldova (measured from records)

233 people

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Moldova

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

männl. Vom., der au f lat. Silvianus, eine Ableitung von

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Silvian counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Silvian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MD Moldova2331 in 14K233—1
NL Netherlands1361 in 127K136—1
BR Brazil521 in 4.1M52Silvian19
PL Poland101 in 3.8M10——
CZ Czechia21 in 5.4M2——
IS Iceland21 in 175K2——

233 people counted by e-services.md — living population register. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: e-services.md — living population register; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); MVČR — living population register 2017; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Silvian is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bulgarian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

    Also written Силвиан

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Silvian,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Silvian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
MD Moldovae-services.md — living population register—233#637
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—136#3,652
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—80#9,085
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202252—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—28#64,892
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—25#52,896
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—24#64,892
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202610#10,910
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—9#10,488
IS IcelandÞjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)20262—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2#28,744

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Silvian?
A machine transcription gives /sɪɫvʲiən/ (IPA) for English.
Is Silvian a male or female name?
Silvian is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Silvian mean?
Recorded meaning: männl. Vom., der au f lat.
In which country does Silvian have the most bearers?
In Moldova, the national register counted about 233 people named Silvian, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Silvian most common?
Silvian is densest in Moldova, where the national register counts about 1 in 14 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Silvian?
In Moldova, the national register counted 233 people named Silvian, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Silvian”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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