Home › Words › S › silvasilva/ˈsɪlvə/silva means A surname.silva is pronounced /ˈsɪlvə/.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin silva. Doublet of selva.nameA surname.nounThe forest trees of a particular areae.g.“The most interesting and striking features of the silva of California relate to its composition, the geographical distribution of the species and their biological history.” — 1909, Willis Linn Jepson, The Trees of California, page 13:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).