Given name · Russian · Ukrainian
Сильвестр
“of the forest”
Сильвестр is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Russian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Silvester.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Сильвестр goes back to a word meaning “of the forest.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Сильвестр’s family of names
In Russian usage, Сильвестр has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Sylvester. In Russian usage, Сильвестр has a conventional equivalent in the French form Silvestre. In Russian usage, Сильвестр has a conventional equivalent in the English form Silvester.
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Around the world
Сильвестр has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- SylvesterSwedish, German
- SilvestreFrench, Spanish
- SilvesterGerman, Swedish
- SylvestreFrench
- SilvestroItalian
- SylwesterPolish
- SilvestrCzech
- СеліверстUkrainian
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Сильвестр
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Similar names
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Proserpio
“meadow”
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“bird”
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Florencjusz
“flower”
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Fleuri
“flower”
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Escarís
“ash tree; spear”
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Reboreda
“an oak tree”
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Ascariz
“ash tree; spear”
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Usher
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