Selva

Borrowed from Catalan and Italian Selva.

Selva (plural Selvas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Selva is the 25187^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 984 individuals. Selva is most common among Hispanic/Latino (55.28%) and White (37.09%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Selva”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• avels, evals, Laves, Elvas, Veals, 'alves, slave, Slavé, Alves, salve, Levas, laves, vales, veals, valse, Slave

From selva (“forest”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛl.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsəl.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsel.va]

Selva f

1. Selva (a comarca of Girona, Catalonia, Spain)

• selvatà

• “Selva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood, from selva (“wood”).

Selva m or f by sense

1. a surname

• salve, slave, svela, valse