Meanings
- A female given name.
Survivors include […] two sisters, Mary Margaret Germas of Alexandria and Sylviana Nica of Falls Church.
2007 March 24, “Obituaries”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC2 more examples
From 2 to 3:30 p.m.: […] Sylviana Wood will tell bilingual stories from the barrio and Moses will share Native American legends from the Pacific Northwest.
1994 February 24, Leo Smith, “Goings On: Storytellers Teach Us About Our Lives, History […]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2026A few years ago one of Sylviana Holness' daughters ended up at loggerheads with her 16-year-old son, and decided to chuck him out.
2006 December 8, Joanna Moorhead, “What generation gap?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2014
Origin
From Sylvia + -ana. Compare Silvana.
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Sylviana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sylviana
“Sylviana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sylviana. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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