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Sylvester

Boy Latin #2172 in 2023

Sylvester is a boy name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Sylvester

Used in English since the sixteenth century. Borrowed from sylvester from silva; name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.

Popularity of Sylvester

Popularity, 1880–2023

67 births in 2023

1880 2023

43,094 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1920

807 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

From patricia; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

Boy · Ancient Greek

Steven, from Estievne, Estievene, from Stephanus, from Στέφανος, from στέφανος, from στέφω

Girl · Persian

All are versions of the Hebrew name Shoshana, which is derived from the Hebrew shoshan, meaning lotus flower in Egyptian, original derivation, and several other languages

Princess, noblewoman

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.