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Name Sylvester

Meaning:

of the forest

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About the name Sylvester in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Silvester Details

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About Silvester, the group of names with the same origin as Sylvester

Meaning/translation:	of the forest
Language of origin:	Latin
Info about origin:	known from Saint Sylvester, pope in the 3rd/4th century
	until now there were 3 popes named Sylvester
Words:	silvester = woody, of the forest Latin
	silva = the wood (in the sense of forest), forest Latin
Topics:	Popes
Variants' top ranks:	80:Szilveszter Hungary 2003, 892:Sylvester USA 1993
Somehow related to:	Silvius/Silvia
Name variants:	Silvester, Silvestre, Silvestro, Sylvester, Szilveszter Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Sylvester

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA yearly	Graph	1994 958, 1993 892