the washing of water-soluble compounds out of the soil and the movement of a portion of the colloids into lower layers or subsoil rock.
Sylvia /syl-via/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced SIL-vee-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Sylvia is woods, forest .The Latin form Silvia was more popular for centuries until recently. Rhea Silvia was an ancient nature goddess, mother to the twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus.ylvia is a very prominent first name for females (#120 out of 4276, Top 3%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#5480 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity of Sylvia for girls.
Sylvia is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Syl-vi-a. In the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 493 in baby name popularity for girls with 630 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name.View the Sylvia Name Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Sylvia has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Sylvia to other names. Sylvia is a variant spelling of Silvia.Sylvia falls into the tree name category.ylvia is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Syl-vi-a. In the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 493 in baby name popularity for girls with 630 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name.