The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Shortened version of “Sylvia“, “Sylvie“, etc. meaning “of the forest”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Silva, Silvia, Silvie, Silviya, Silvy, Sylva, Sylvi, Sylvia, Sylvie, Sylwia, Szilvia, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Little Syl (Sylvie) Lamonte, the “little dryad that had slipped from some rose-tree’s bark” who Doctor Tom cures, in “The Story of Little Syl”, from The Youngest Miss Lorton, and Other Stories by Nora Perry (1889).

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• Sylvie | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  August 16, 2014 at 7:49 am

  […] IN LITERATURE:- Sylvie Lamonte (called “Syl“), the “little dryad that had slipped from some rose-tree’s bark” who […]

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  August 16, 2014 at 7:57 am

  […] IN LITERATURE:- Sylvia (Sylvie) Lamonte (called “Syl“), the “little dryad that had slipped from some rose-tree’s bark” who Doctor Tom […]

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