Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Silverius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1919. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Silverius’s family of names
In English usage, Silverius has a conventional equivalent in the French form Silvère. In Latin usage, Silverius has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form SYLWERIUSZ.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Silverius has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Silverius
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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