Meaning & origin
How it developed
In French usage, Sylvette is a diminutive of Sylvie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sylvette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 0 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 7 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 girls is 5 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 240 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sylvette’s family of names
In French usage, Sylvette is a diminutive of Sylvie.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sylvette
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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