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Silvana

English translation/equivalent: Silvana

Origin: Derived from the feminine version of the Latin silvanus (name of an ancient Roman goddess of the forests and sheep herds), taken taken from silva, "forest, woods," and means "inhabitant of the forest."

Name Day/Onomastico: September 22—together with St. Silvano of Levroux.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Silvano

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