Sylvan
SIL-vun
Latin
"wood, forest"Share
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Sylvan Origin and Meaning
The name Sylvan is a boy's name meaning "wood, forest".
One of the many variations of Silvanus, the name of the Roman forest god, and a little-used member of the freshly stylish Sylv- family of names. Silvan is the sleek German and Dutch form. Given to less than 100 boys each year in the US, it's nevertheless in the Nameberry Top 500.
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# 964 in the US
Sylvan Rank in US Top 1000
# 506 on Nameberry
Sylvan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
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- Sylvan Augustus EbanksBlake, British footballer
- Sylvan Nathan GoldmanAmerican inventor of the shopping cart
- Sylvan RichardsonBritish guitarist of Simply Red
Sylvan in Pop Culture
- Sylvan Forestercharacter in Thomas Love Peacock's 1817 novel 'Melincourt; or, Sir Oran Haut,on'
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