Name: Sylvester
Gender: Male
Usage: Sylvester, of latin origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Sylvester are in general originating from Austria, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Sylvester across the world, see Silvester.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Sylvester is: A forest.
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Numerology of the first name Sylvester: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Sylvester is ranked on the 2,769th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 133500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Sylvester has nine characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Sylvester for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Sylvester is 31 December.
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History and Origin
Sylvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun silva meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words. After the Classical period y came to be pronounced as i. Spellings with Sylv- in place of Silv- date from after the Classical period.
Sylvester may refer to:
English: variant of Silvester.
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