de Silva

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /de ˈsilva/ [d̪ɛ ˈsil.vɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /de ˈsilba/ [d̪ɛ ˈsil.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -ilva, (more native-sounding) -ilba
• Syllabification: de Sil‧va

Proper noun

de Silva (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜊ)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, de Silva is the 960^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 9,860 individuals.