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Yes. My great grandmother is Sylvia.

LOVE!

Love that name!

I have a student named Sylvia and I call her Sylvie all the time - it's so cute!

Very French. Very cute.

Loveeee that name!

@Rainbow Sprinkles: yes it's adorable!

I know a school-aged child with that name! LOVE!

I think if you want an honest response you need a poll. People are less likely to respond with a negative.

I love it!

love it!

I know several women named Sylvie (it's not an uncommon name for French women in Canada). It's probably more unique in the US though. I don't have any strong feelings for it either way. Not sure if that's what you're looking for?

I voted "it's OK" because I really like the name Sylvia, even though I associate it with older women, and think it could easily make a comeback and be used on a baby and call her Sylvie when she was a little girl/if she preferred it when she was older. However, I would personally give her the full name Sylvia because I'm not a fan of diminuitives as full names, especially when they end in the -ie sound (Gracie, Katie, Abbie, etc.): love them as nicknames, but I know I would personally appreciate having Sylvia as an option to put on a resume, etc.

@Maysprout: I realize it doesn't have to be a nickname, though I didn't know it was officially the French version. What I was saying--though it probably wasn't clear and I apologize--is that I personally don't like names with the -ie, -y sound at the end because they sound like nicknames, at least to me here in America, even if they aren't, which is why I prefer Sylvia. But it's just my personal preference

I prefer it as a nickname, but Sylvia was my beloved spitfire of a great-grandmother, so I'm more a fan of that name instead.

I don't love it (and I love your other DD's names!). I don't hate it, but it's not my favorite.