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I've always admired Sylvia, but I recently fell headlong for Silvia. The name reminds me of a branch cloaked in snow, of a wintry exhalation, a whisper. What do you think?

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What about the following combinations?

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Silvia Beatrice
Silvia Beatrix
Silvia Bénédicte (Benedicte)
Silvia Bérengère (Berengere)
Silvia Bernadette
Silvia Berthe
Silvia Bertille
Silvia Bethsabée
Silvia Blanche
Silvia Blanchefleur
Silvia Bryony
Silvia Caroline
Silvia Catherine
Silvia Catrin
Silvia Cecily (love the sibilance)
Silvia Cédrique
Silvia Celandine
Silvia Charlotte
Silvia Clare
Silvia Clarice
Silvia Clemence
Silvia Clementine
Silvia Clothilde
Silvia Constance
Silvia Corisande
Silvia Cunegonde
Silvia Dagmar
Silvia Dagny
Silvia Dolores
Silvia Doris
Silvia Dorothy
Silvia Florence
Silvia Frances
Silvia Françoise (Francoise)
Silvia Frédérique (Frederique)
Silvia Frideswide
Silvia Garance
Silvia Geraldine
Silvia Gérardine
Silvia Gertrude
Silvia Godeleine
Silvia Godelieve
Silvia Gwendolen
Silvia Helen
Silvia Hortense
Silvia Janice (my maternal grandma's name)
Silvia Josephine
Silvia Judith
Silvia Juturne
Silvia Katherine (I'm not at all fond of this spelling, but I like it with Silvia.)
Silvia Laurel
Silvia Laurence (French feminine form of Laurentius)
Silvia Lenore
Silvia Léontine (Leontine)
Silvia Lettice
Silvia Lilac
Silvia Lois
Silvia Mabel
Silvia Madeleine
Silvia Madelief
Silvia Margalit
Silvia Margaret
Silvia Margery
Silvia Margot
Silvia Margriet
Silvia Mariam
Silvia Marian
Silvia Marianne
Silvia Marigold
Silvia Marion
Silvia Marjorie
Silvia Marloes
Silvia Martine
Silvia Mary
Silvia Maud / Maude
Silvia Melisande
Silvia Mildred
Silvia Murron
Silvia Myrtle (Hmm...I really like this.)
Silvia Nadine
Silvia Nancy
Silvia Odette
Silvia Odile
Silvia Pascale
Silvia Pearl
Silvia Peridot
Silvia Primrose
Silvia Prudence
Silvia Raymonde
Silvia Richarde
Silvia Rolande
Silvia Romaine
Silvia Rosalind
Silvia Rosaline
Silvia Rosamond
Silvia Rosamund
Silvia Rosemarie
Silvia Rosemary
Silvia Rosemonde
Silvia Rotraud
Silvia Valentine (-een) (I would normally find the repeated "v" jarring; in this case, however, the repetition imbues the combo with vivacity.)
Silvia Winifred
Silvia Zénaïde

This message was edited 8/10/2010, 3:00 PM