Proper noun
(Roman mythology) Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.
(astronomy) 87 Sylvia, a main belt asteroid; named for Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.
A female given name from Latin, a popular spelling variant of Silvia.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgYou marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say? Toni Morrison
I was having such a hard time when I made Sylvia. I gave everything I had for that role. It's one or two or three things I'm most proud of in terms of my work. But it was very dark. Gwyneth Paltrow
It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to describe them as bipolar. Whether it's Hemingway, Van Gogh... Robert Schumann has been mentioned... Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath... some of them with rather grim ends. Stephen Fry
Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 - and very shocked and sorry. I never knew her personally. Anne Stevenson
I'm hopefully touring with Colin Baker next year in Perfect Strangers. I have performed with Sylvia Simms in poetry and music evenings. I would love to do those for the rest of my career - they are so fun and witty. Louise Jameson
The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name. Paul Lynde