Given name

Silvestru

Silvestru is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Romanian.

Original LatinSylvester

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Silvestru comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Sylvester.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Silvestru’s family of names

In Romanian usage, Silvestru was borrowed from the Latin form Sylvester.

Walk Silvestru’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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