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{{Infobox surname
| name = Silva
| image = Coat_of_arms_of_Silva.svg
| image_size = 75px
| caption = Coat of arms associated to Silva surname
| pronunciation =
| meaning = "forest, woodland or jungle"
| region = ], ]
| origin =
| variant = Zilva
| footnotes =
}}


'''Silva''', '''da Silva''', and '''de Silva''' are surnames of ] or ] origin which are widespread in the Portuguese-speaking countries<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817024946/http://www.eissoaicampeao.com/2012/03/saiba-quais-sao-ois-3-sobrenomes-mais.html |date=2013-08-17 }}.</ref><ref> (in Portuguese).</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228151813/http://anossavida.pt/sites/anossavida.pt/files/100_apelidos.pdf |date=2013-02-28 }} (in Portuguese).</ref> including Brazil.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017090731/http://www.projovemurbano.gov.br/revista03/reportagemespecial.html |date=2013-10-17 }} (in Portuguese).</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022151713/http://www.velhosamigos.com.br/curiosidades/curiosid29.html |date=2013-10-22 }} (in Portuguese).</ref> The name is derived from ] {{lang|pt|silva}} ("forest" or "woodland").{{cn|date=June 2024|reason=homonyms do happen}} It is the family name of the ].
'''Silva''' is the most common ] in ] and ], it is predominantly a ] ]. The word came originally from ], meaning ''woods'' and, by extension, people that came from ]ed areas. It was adopted in western ] when conquered by ] in ]. It is a name associated with a great number of different people and products:


The name is widespread in ]-speaking regions of Spain (mostly in ]) and even more so in regions of the former ] in the Americas (being the most common surname in Brazil), in Africa and Asia, notably in India and Sri Lanka. It is also quite common in Spanish-speaking Latin America.
==Artists and performance arts==
*], American free jazz double bassist
*], XVII-Century Portuguese playwright
*], American author
*], American funk vocalist
*], Spanish painter
*], Brazilian actor
*], Brazilian musician
*], American set dresser
*], Portuguese painter
*], Portuguese DJ


Movement of people has led to the name being used in many places. Due to emigration from Portuguese-speaking countries, Silva (and the variants Da Silva and De Silva) is the fifth most common surname in the ] of ], outside Paris,<ref></ref> and it was the 19th most common family name given to newborns between 1966 and 1990 in France.
==Athletes==
*], Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
*], Brazilian Formula One triple world champion
*], Brazilian footballer
*], Spanish footballer of Brazilian origin
*], Portuguese footballer
*], Brazilian footballer
*], Brazilian footballer
*], Brazilian football defender
*], Portuguese footballer
*], Brazilian footballer
*], Portuguese footballer
*], Brazilian footballer
*], Portuguese Olympic athlete
*], Brazilian football manager
*], Brazilian footballer
*], Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
*], Brazilian footballer


Notable people and characters with these names include the following.
==Business==
{{TOC right}}
*] is a Swedish-based manufacturer of magnetic compasses and other navigational instruments.


==Businesspeople== ==Arts==


===Actors===
*], Portuguese slave trader
*], founder of ] *] (born 1980), British actress
*] (1886–1971), Portuguese actor
*], Sri Lankan actress
*] (born 1988), Brazilian actor
*] (1967–1987), Brazilian actor
*] (1950–1995), American actor and set dresser
*] (1938–2001), Sri Lankan actor, comedian and playback singer
*] (1825–1888), Portuguese actor
*] (1926–2022), American actor
*] (1909–1986), American actor and director
*] (died 1958), Sri Lankan ] actor, musician
*] (1937–2004), Filipino actor, comedian and politician
*] (born 1936), Sri Lankan Sinhala film, television, and theater actress
*] (born 1968), American actress
*] (born 1981), Australian actress
*] (born 1967), Sri Lankan actor
*Paulo Rogério da Silva (born 1970), Brazilian actor also known as ]
*] (born 1994), Brazilian-American actor
*] (1937–2018), Sri Lankan Sinhalese actor and film director
*] (born 1976), Sri Lankan American actor and director
*] (1928–1957), Egyptian-born French film actress, also briefly in British films


==Locations== ===Musicians===
*], a freguesia from the municipality of Barcelos, Portugal *] (born 1976), French singer, songwriter of Portuguese origin
*] (born 1939), American free jazz double bassist
*] (1936–1996), Indian jazz guitarist and composer
*], Sri Lankan Australian R&B and rock vocalist and instrumentalist
*], American funk vocalist
*] (1967–2017), Sri Lankan Sinhalese playback singer and actor
*] (1944–2022), Sri Lankan vocalist
*] (1795–1865), Brazilian composer and music professor
*] (1926–2022), Cape Verdean band leader/singer
*] (1908–1952), Cuban composer and judge
*] (1928–2014), American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
*] (1943–2008), American Tejano songwriter
*Lúcio Silva da Souza, known artistically as ], Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
*] (1947–1989),<ref name=mac>{{cite web | title=Silva, Mac | website=] | url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/silva_mac | access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> Aboriginal Australian musician, who appeared in the film '']''
*] (born 1968), Portuguese DJ
*] (born, Sri Lankan Australian jazz pianist
*] (born 1973), Sri Lankan Sinhalese vocalist
*] (born 1990), Indian Rapper from Mumbai, India, also known as DIVINE
*] (1930–2017), Sri Lankan vocalist (Buddhist devotional music)
*], Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, rapper, music producer, YouTuber and businesswoman, also known as Yohani


===Painters and sculptors===
==Media==
*] (1850–1893), Portuguese naturalist painter
*Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (]), Spanish painter
*] (1835–1886), American painter
*] (1920–2003), Portuguese sculptor
*] (born 1952), American metalsmith
*] (1908–1992), Portuguese painter
*] (1859–1948), American painter


===Writers===
*], politician and radio personality
;First name
*], Miss Belgium
*] (1919–2006), Armenian poet, writer, academician and public activist
*], General Contractor on the PBS show ''This Old House''


;Surname
==Political==
*] (1920–2001), Sri Lankan Sinhala poet, journalist, and screenwriter
*] (1731–1799), Portuguese heroic-comic poet
*] (1705–1739), eighteenth-century Brazilian Converso playwright known as "The Jew"
*Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (]) (born 1941), Portuguese journalist
*], Cape Verdean writer
*], American author
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese playwright
*José Gabriel Lopes da Silva (]), Cape Verdean poet and essayist
*Joseph Silva, a pseudonym of American author ]
*], Portuguese writer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese novelist
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese dramatist, novelist, radio play producer, and translator
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese novelist
*], Australian/Portuguese science writer, editor and filmmaker


===Other arts===
*], Brazilian military officer and politician
*], Portuguese politician *], re-established Sri Lanka's batik industry
* ], Brazilian ballet dancer
*], Portuguese architect
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese architect

==Historical figures==
*], the first and only native Goan governor of Portuguese India
*], Roman governor of Judea who crushed Jewish resistance at Masada in 73 AD
*José Joaquim da Silva Xavier (1746–1792), known as ], Brazilian independence leader
*] (1739-1784), Spanish aristocrat, writer, painter, and translator
*], first post courier of Canada (17th–18th century)
*] (1516–1573), nobleman and cousin of Philip II of Spain

==Media==
*], Canadian journalist working in the United Kingdom
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese radio journalist at Radio Ceylon
*], South African photographer
*], Portuguese-Canadian politician and radio personality
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese journalist specializing in defense issues
*] Braga Tavares, Belgian model, Miss Belgium 2005
*], general contractor on the PBS show ''This Old House''
*], known as Titus Thotawatte, Sri Lankan director and editor
*], Sri Lankan singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and YouTuber

==Political and military figures==

*] (1866–1937), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician
*], municipal politician in Winnipeg (Manitoba), Canada
*], President of Portugal *], President of Portugal
*], Sri Lankan Tamil Member of Parliament
*], Portuguese politician
*], Brazilian military officer and politician
*], 9th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
*], 42nd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
*], Brazilian politician *], Brazilian politician
*] (1933-2019), ]
*], Brazilian politician
*], Brazilian politician *], Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician
*] (1877–1940), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese lawyer, Chairman of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, 40th Attorney General of Sri Lanka, 39th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
*], Singaporean lawyer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese Trotskyist Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs
*], 21st Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
*], Sri Lankan Briton lawyer, former United Nations Chief War Crimes Prosecutor in Sierra Leone
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese Member of Parliament
*], Sri Lankan Sinhala army major-general
*], Sri Lankan politician
*], East Timorese politician and member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
*], Cape Verdean civil engineer and politician
*], Portuguese politician
*] (born 1935), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1993–1995
*], Sri Lankan ] lawyer and politician
*], 34th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
*], Sri Lankan ] lawyer and politician
*], ] of the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force
*], 13th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
*], Brazilian politician
*], 40th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician
*] (1933–2015), Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general
*], 11th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
*] (born 1960), Brazilian politician known as Hélio José
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese lawyer and diplomat, 12th Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York
*], Brazilian politician and engineer *], Brazilian politician and engineer
*], former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries of Portugal
*], Brazilian politician
*] (1938–2019), Sri Lankan Sinhala Communist guerrilla
*], Brazilian revolutionary
*], Portuguese politician *], American politician
*], Brazilian activist *], Portuguese politician
*], Brazilian politician *] e Silva, Brazilian activist
*], current Brazilian vice-president *], 41st Surveyor General of Sri Lanka
*], Brazilian military leader *], Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant
*], President of Brazil *] (1893–1962), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Privy Council
*], Brazilian military commander
*], Portuguese politician
*] (born 1977), East Timorese politician
*], current President of Brazil
*], Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party
*], 8th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
*], 26th Attorney General of Sri Lanka
*], Portuguese politician
*], coordinator of the Portuguese Labour union federation *], coordinator of the Portuguese Labour union federation
*], Canadian politician *], Brazilian environmentalist and politician
*], Canadian politician
*], 13th Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police
*], 35th Attorney General of Sri Lanka
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician and educationist
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese Member of Parliament
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese fighter pilot who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese Member of Parliament for Galle Electoral District
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician, Sri Lankan Minister of Transport
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese Trotskyist politician, Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries 1956–1959
*], Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
*] (born 1970), Sri Lankan Sinhala Cabinet Minister
*], Sri Lanka Light Infantry major-general
*], Sri Lankan Sinhala women's rights and peace activist
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese Member of Parliament
*], 41st Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
*], 5th Chief Minister of Southern Province, Sri Lanka
*] (born 1962), American politician
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese general and diplomat
*], American politician
*] (1911–1977), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician
*] (born 1948), Sri Lankan Briton politician
*], former Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force
*] (1876–1953), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese politician, veterinary surgeon, and philanthropist, Minister of Health in the second State Council of Ceylon
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese civil servant

==Religion==
*Saint ], Portuguese Dominican nun
*], United States Catholic bishop
*], Jewish author born in Livorno, Italy, and teacher in Jerusalem
*Blessed João Mendes de Silva (]), Portuguese Hieronymite and later Franciscan
*] (born 1964), Sri Lankan Australian Anglican priest, 12th Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
*], Sri Lankan Methodist theologian
*], Sri Lankan Sinhala Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo
*], Chilean cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
*], Pakistani Catholic priest


==Scholars== ==Scholars==
*] (1906–1994), Portuguese philosopher
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese gastroenterologist
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese academic, historian, and author
*], Canadian engineer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese educationist
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese pediatrician
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese physician
*], Sri Lankan scientist and model
*] (born 1956), Portuguese mathematician
*], Portuguese mathematician
*], Sri Lankan obstetrician and gynaecologist
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese academic, historian, and author
*] (born 1940), Sri Lankan Sinhala biologist and herpetologist
*], Brazilian zoologist
*] (1910–1983), Brazilian physician
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese surgeon
*], Cuban-born American professor of biblical studies
*], Sri Lankan Scholar
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese senior consultant physician
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese professor of agricultural engineering
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese engineering professor
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese doctor, founder of the Saukyadana Movement
*], Portugal-born American neuroscientist


==Sports==
*], Professor of biblical studies
Many people on this list are not generally known as Silva.<ref>In Brazil, sportspeople, especially footballers, are frequently referred to by their ''apelido''/''alcunha'', a one- or two-word appellation that may be part of their real name or a nickname. For example, Roberto Carlos da Silva is better known as ''Roberto Carlos'', Marta Vieira da Silva as ''Marta'', José Roberto da Silva Júnior as ''Zé Roberto'', and Nélson de Jesus Silva as ''Dida''. Ayrton Senna da Silva is a slightly different case; he chose to be known professionally by his mother's family name of Senna.</ref>
*], Portuguese philosopher
*] Brazilian physician


==Others== ===Auto racing===
*], also known as Ayrton Senna or Senna, Brazilian Formula One triple world champion
*], American priest
*], American automobile racer .

===Basketball===
* ] (Chris Silva Obame Correia; born 1996), Gabonese player in the ]
* ], Portuguese player
* ], Brazilian player
* ] (born 1998), German basketball player
* Paulo César da Silva or ] (born 1962), Brazilian national player, later wrestler and mixed martial artist
* ] (born 2001), Brazilian-German basketball player

===Beach volleyball===
*], Brazilian beach volleyball player
*], Brazilian beach volleyball player

===Cricket===
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan international cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese first-class cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese first-class cricketer
*], Sri Lankan international cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan international cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer who played for the University of Oxford
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan international cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese international cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese ODI cricketer
*], Sri Lankan ] cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer who played for United Arab Emirates
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese woman cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Italian cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*] (born 2000), Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer for Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer for the United Arab Emirates
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese test cricketer
*], Trinidadian cricketer, test match wicket keeper/batsman for the ]
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese Bahraini cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese international cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese first-class cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese test cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese international cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese test cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese cricketer
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese first-class cricketer

===Football===
====Brazil====
;Male international players
*Afonso Guimarães da Silva, ]
*]
*Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, ]
*Cleonésio Carlos ]
*], Daniel Alves da Silva
*Danilo Luiz da Silva, ]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*Heurelho da Silva Gomes, ]
*]
*João Alves de Assis Silva, ]
*] da Silva
*José Roberto da Silva Júnior, ]
*]
*Lucimar Ferreira da Silva, ]
*Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva, ]
*]
*Marcelo Vieira da Silva Junior, ]
*], Mauro da Silva Gomes
*Nélson de Jesus Silva, ]
*], Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
*Nilmar Honorato da Silva, ]
*]
*Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha, ]
*]
*]
*Thiago Emiliano da Silva, ]
*], Willian Borges da Silva

;Female international players
*] Rozeira de Souza Silva
*], Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva
*], Marta Vieira da Silva
*]

;Others
*]
*]
*]
*Airton Ferreira da Silva (])
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*Deivson Rogério da Silva (])
*]
*Elisérgio da Silva (])
*]
*]
*]
*] da Silva
*]
*]
*Jefferson Teixeira Silva (])
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*] da Silva
*]
*], footballer, born 1980
*], footballer, born 1990
*] da Silva
*]
*]
*] Raimundo Pereira da Silva
*Vitor Silva Assis de Oliveira Júnior (])
*]
*Wender Coelho da Silva (])
*]
*]

====Croatia====
*]

====England====
*]

====Equatorial Guinea====
*Emmanuel Danilo Clementino Silva (])

====France====
*], French footballer

====Paraguay====
*]
*]

====Portugal====
*]
*André Miguel Valente da Silva (])
*]
*]
*], Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva
*]
*] Da Silva
*]
*]
*]
*] da Silva Ferreira
*]
*José Manuel da Silva Fernandes (])
*João Nuno da Silva Cardoso Lucas (])
*]
*]
*João Pedro da Silva Pereira (])
*Lourenço da Silva (])
*], Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva
*]
*] (Paulo César da Silva Barrios)
*] (Paulo Armando da Silva Monteiro)
*]

====Spain====
*], David Josué Jiménez Silva
*]
*]

====Sri Lanka====
*]
*] (born 2002), Sinhala footballer

====Uruguay====
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]

===Managers and referees===
*], Portuguese football referee
*], United States American-football official
*] da Silva, Brazilian football manager
*] da Silva, Brazilian football coach

===Martial arts===
*], Brazilian mixed martial artist
*], Brazilian mixed martial artist
*], Brazilian mixed martial artist
*], Brazilian judoka
*], Brazilian mixed martial artist
*] (Paulo César da Silva), Brazilian mixed martial artist
*], Brazilian mixed martial artist
*], Brazilian mixed martial artist
*], Brazilian taekwondo athlete
*], Brazilian mixed martial artist
*], Brazilian mixed martial artist

===Track and field===
*], Brazilian athlete
*], Brazilian triple jumper
*] (born 1974), Portuguese hurdler
*], pole vaulter
*], Portuguese long-distance runner
*], Mexican long distance runner
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese sprinter
*], Portuguese long-distance runner
*], Brazilian long-distance runner
*], Brazilian long-distance runner
*], Brazilian decathlete
*], Brazilian sprinter
*], Portuguese Olympic athlete
*], Portuguese hammer thrower

===Other sports===
*], Venezuelan baseball player
*], Sri Lankan badminton player
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese swimmer
*], Portuguese golfer
*], Sri Lankan Briton tennis player
*], Portuguese flatwater canoeist
*], Brazilian-born Canadian jockey
*], Brazilian inline skater
*], Portuguese tennis player
*], New Zealand boxer
*], Sri Lankan badminton player
*], American football safety
*], American rock climber
*], New Zealand wrestler and boxer
*], Brazilian paracanoeist
*], Portuguese horse rider
*], Portuguese tennis player
*], Brazilian volleyball player
*], Uruguayan chess master
*], Brazilian tennis player

==Other professions==
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese businessman
*], Spanish model
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese business magnate, banker, and barrister
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese Australian mass murderer
*], Portuguese researcher
*], Portuguese soldier
*] (born 1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala entrepreneur
*], Brazilian robber *], Brazilian robber
*], Brazil's oldest living person *], British murder victim
*], a Romanian beer *] (born 1970), Italian businessman
*], Pakistani businessman
*], American chef
*], Sri Lankan Sinhalese promoter of pseudoscience
*], known as Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian man killed by British police in 2005

== Fictional characters ==
*], a character in ''Shaman King''
*Silva, a ] in ''GARO''
*], the antagonist of the James Bond film '']''
*Rose Da Silva, Christopher Da Silva and Sharon Da Silva, fictional characters in the film '']''
*Kristen De Silva, protagonist in '']'', played by Perrey Reeves
*], a character in ''Black Clover''
* Octavio Silva, a playable character known as Octane in '']''


==In Fiction== ==See also==
{{Col-begin}}
*], a fictional character in '']''
{{Col-2}}
;Name disambiguation page
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
{{Col-2}}
;More specific surname disambiguation page
*]
*]
*] and Oliveira Silva
{{Col-end}}


==References==
{{Disambig}}
{{Reflist}}


==Bibliography==
]
* BOUZA ZERRANO, José. ''Da Descendência de Don Francisco Prieto Gayoso'. Edição do Autor, 1ª Edição, Lisboa, 1980.
* ]. ''Onomasticon Cataloniæ'' (vol. I-VIII). Barcelona: 1994.
* SOUSA, Manuel de. '']''. Sporpress, 2001.
* TÁVORA, D. Luis de Lancastre e. ''Dicionário das Famílias Portuguesas''. Quetzal Editores, 2ª Edição, Lisboa, pág. 324.


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Latest revision as of 15:03, 13 September 2024

For other uses, see Silva (disambiguation).
Silva
Coat of arms associated to Silva surname
Origin
Meaning"forest, woodland or jungle"
Region of originPortugal, Galicia
Other names
Variant form(s)Zilva

Silva, da Silva, and de Silva are surnames of Portuguese or Galician origin which are widespread in the Portuguese-speaking countries including Brazil. The name is derived from Latin silva ("forest" or "woodland"). It is the family name of the House of Silva.

The name is widespread in Galician-speaking regions of Spain (mostly in Galicia) and even more so in regions of the former Portuguese Empire in the Americas (being the most common surname in Brazil), in Africa and Asia, notably in India and Sri Lanka. It is also quite common in Spanish-speaking Latin America.

Movement of people has led to the name being used in many places. Due to emigration from Portuguese-speaking countries, Silva (and the variants Da Silva and De Silva) is the fifth most common surname in the French department of Val-de-Marne, outside Paris, and it was the 19th most common family name given to newborns between 1966 and 1990 in France.

Notable people and characters with these names include the following.

Arts

Actors

Musicians

Painters and sculptors

Writers

First name
  • Silva Kaputikyan (1919–2006), Armenian poet, writer, academician and public activist
Surname

Other arts

Historical figures

Media

Political and military figures

Religion

Scholars

Sports

Many people on this list are not generally known as Silva.

Auto racing

Basketball

Beach volleyball

Cricket

Football

Brazil

Male international players
Female international players
Others

Croatia

England

Equatorial Guinea

France

Paraguay

Portugal

Spain

Sri Lanka

Uruguay

Managers and referees

Martial arts

Track and field

Other sports

Other professions

Fictional characters

See also

Name disambiguation page
More specific surname disambiguation page

References

  1. Saiba quais são os 3 sobrenomes mais comuns em 64 diferentes países. Archived 2013-08-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. © 2005 SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE INFORMAÇÃO ECONÓMICA S.A. – SPIE (in Portuguese).
  3. Os 100 Apelidos mais frequentes da População Portuguesa Archived 2013-02-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
  4. O ProJovem é Silva, Santos... Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
  5. Descubra como surgiram os Silva, os Araújo, os Fernandes, os Batista, os Carneiro... Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
  6. Number of Da Silva in France
  7. "Silva, Mac". The Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  8. In Brazil, sportspeople, especially footballers, are frequently referred to by their apelido/alcunha, a one- or two-word appellation that may be part of their real name or a nickname. For example, Roberto Carlos da Silva is better known as Roberto Carlos, Marta Vieira da Silva as Marta, José Roberto da Silva Júnior as Zé Roberto, and Nélson de Jesus Silva as Dida. Ayrton Senna da Silva is a slightly different case; he chose to be known professionally by his mother's family name of Senna.

Bibliography

  • BOUZA ZERRANO, José. Da Descendência de Don Francisco Prieto Gayoso'. Edição do Autor, 1ª Edição, Lisboa, 1980.
  • COROMINES, Joan. Onomasticon Cataloniæ (vol. I-VIII). Barcelona: 1994.
  • SOUSA, Manuel de. As origens dos apelidos das famílias portuguesas. Sporpress, 2001.
  • TÁVORA, D. Luis de Lancastre e. Dicionário das Famílias Portuguesas. Quetzal Editores, 2ª Edição, Lisboa, pág. 324.
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