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Sylvester name meaning

First Name
43k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
19k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Sylvester mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Sylvester

User Submitted Origins

English
59%
Latin
18%
Canadian
5%
Native American
5%
German
5%
Nigerian
5%
Hebrew
5%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Canada says the name Sylvester means "Sylvester is derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning 'wooded' or 'wild'".
  2. According to a user from California, U.S., the name Sylvester means "Energetic, Wild".
  3. A user from Florida, U.S. says the name Sylvester means "Wood keeper".
  4. According to a user from Tennessee, U.S., the name Sylvester is of Native American origin and means "Spirit of the land".
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Wiktionary

Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on 31st December.

  1. A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
  2. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. A city, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Fisher County, Texas, United States.
  5. A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
  6. A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.

Sylvester was also found in the following language(s): German

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Notable Persons Named Sylvester

Notable Persons Named Sylvester

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone is an actor, screenwriter, and film director. He has had major accomplishments since 1970. Sylvester was given the name Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone by his parents Frank Stallone, Sr., and Jackie Stallone on July 6th, 1946 in New York City, New York, United States.

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Sly Stone

Sly Stone is a funk, rock music, soul music, rhythm, blues, and psychedelic soul musician. His ongoing career started in 1952. Sly was given the name Sylvester Stewart on March 15th, 1943 in Denton, Texas, United States.

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Sylvester McCoy

Sylvester McCoy is an actor. Sylvester was given the name Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith on August 20th, 1943 in Dunoon, Scotland, UK.

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Sylvester

Sylvester was a musician. He holds the title Sylvester - You Make Me Feel excerpt and Sylvester With Patrick Cowley - Do You Wanna Funk excerpt. He was most active from 1972 to 1987. Sylvester was given the name Sylvester James, Jr. on September 6th, 1947 in , U.S. He breathed his last breath on December 16th, 1988.

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Sylvester Lefort

Sylvester was born on May 4th, 1984 in Nice. Sylvester is also known as Eagle Mask; French Stallion; LaRuffa, Tom; La Ruffa, and Tom.

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Sylvester I

Sylvester I was a pope. He left this life on December 31st, 0335.

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  • Sylvester James Gates
    Scientist
  • Sylvester Turner
    Lawyer
  • Sylvester II
    Pope
  • Sylvester Groth
    Actor
  • Sylvester Terkay
    Wrestler
  • Syl Johnson
    Musician
  • Sylvester Weaver
    Executive
  • Sylvester Williams
    Football Player
  • Sylvester Stadler
    Military Person
  • Sylvester III
    Pope
  • Sylvester H. Roper
    Machinist
  • Sylvester Igboun
    Soccer Player
  • Sylvester Antolak
  • Steve Wittman

Notable Persons With the Last Name Sylvester

Notable Persons With the Last Name Sylvester

Sylvester

Sylvester was a musician. He holds the title Sylvester - You Make Me Feel excerpt and Sylvester With Patrick Cowley - Do You Wanna Funk excerpt. He was most active from 1972 to 1987. Sylvester was given the name Sylvester James, Jr. on September 6th, 1947 in , U.S. He breathed his last breath on December 16th, 1988.

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Sue Sylvester

Sue Sylvester is a tv news personality, principal, vice president of the united states, and cheerleading.

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James Joseph Sylvester

James Joseph Sylvester was a scientist. James was born on September 3rd, 1814. He passed away on March 15th, 1897.

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William Sylvester

William Sylvester was an actor. His most notable accomplishments were from 1953 to 1978. William was born on January 31st, 1922 in Oakland, California. He died on January 25th, 1995.

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Terry Sylvester

Terry Sylvester is a pop music and soft rock musician. His most notable accomplishments were from 1960 to present. Terry was given the name Terence Sylvester on January 8th, 1947 in Allerton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

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Harold Sylvester

Harold was born on February 10th, 1949 in New Orleans.

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Common last names for Sylvester

Common first names for Sylvester

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Sylvester U.S.
█  White 72.96% 64.26%
█  African American 20.72% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.91% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.83% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.93% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.65% 16.26%

Of Last Name Sylvester

People with the last name Sylvester are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Sylvester

  • What name lists does Sylvester rank for?
    #211 Last Name First Names
  • How Popular is the name Sylvester? Sylvester is the 1,126th most popular name of all time. As a last name Sylvester was the 1,901st most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Sylvester have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 43,461 babies born with the first name Sylvester in the United States. That's more than enough people named Sylvester to occupy the territory of Sint Maarten (the Netherlands) with an estimated population of 37,429 (as of January 1, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Sylvester? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 89 new born babies.
  • When was Sylvester first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Sylvester is Sunday, December 24th, 1865.
  • What year had the most people named Sylvester born? The highest recorded use of the first name Sylvester was in 1920 with a total of 807 babies.
  • Random Sylvester Factoid: According to the 1951 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Sylvester ranks 91st in popularity as a baby boy's name in Mississippi. Imagine that, 69 babies in Mississippi have the same name in 1951.
  • Weird things about the name Sylvester: The name spelled backwards is Retsevlys. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Seyvsterl. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Sylvester? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 18,896 people with the last name Sylvester.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Sylvester? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 6 of them will have Sylvester as their last name.
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