Silvia is from the Latin silva (forest, wood) — also the modern Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and German form of Sylvia. **Queen Silvia of Sweden (born 1943)** — **born Silvia Sommerlath in Heidelberg, Germany; the longest-serving Queen of Sweden in history, having married King Carl XVI Gustaf in 1976**. **Spoke six languages as chief interpreter at the 1972 Munich Olympics — where she first met Carl Gustaf**. **Founded the World Childhood Foundation in 1999 (supporting at-risk children in 17 countries) and the Silviahemmet for Alzheimer's care (1996, after her own mother's diagnosis)**. **Mother of Crown Princess Victoria — heir to the Swedish throne and first woman in modern Swedish history named heir apparent (1980 constitutional change)**. **Rhea Silvia** — vestal virgin and mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. **A top-300 US baby name from 1950 to 1969**. **Silvia Federici** — Italian feminist philosopher and *Caliban and the Witch* (2004) author.
Subject of countless Swedish royal histories.
Silvia reduces to nine — the number of Swedish queen.