Given name & surname
Sylwan
“forest”
Sylwan is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sylwan goes back to Latin Silvanus, meaning “forest.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sylwan’s family of names
In Polish usage, Sylwan has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Silvano. In Polish usage, Sylwan has a conventional equivalent in the French form Sylvain. In Polish usage, Sylwan has a conventional equivalent in the French form Silvain.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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