Given name & surname
Sylwester
“of the woods”
Sylwester is a form of Silvester. One Latin interpretation is “of the woods.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sylwester is a form of Silvester. One Latin interpretation is “of the woods.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sylwester is a form of Silvester. An origin associated with Silvester is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Sylwester is used as a form of Silvester.
The story
Sylwester is a form of Silvester. The history of Silvester gives this family its wider story. Silvester’s historical associations include various early saints, most notably the first pope to govern a Church free from persecution.
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Sylwester’s family of names
In Polish usage, Sylwester has a diminutive in SYLWEK. Sylwester shares a linguistic root with Silvester. In Polish usage, Sylwester has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sylvester.
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Around the world
Sylwester has relatives in 13 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- SylvesterEnglish
- SilvestreSpanish, French
- SilvestroItalian
- SylvestreFrench
- Silvestercognate · German, Slovak
- СильвестрRussian
- ΣυλβέστροςGreek
- Silwesterwym
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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 Sylwester
- Sylwester SzmydPolish cyclistborn 1978
- Sylwester BednarekPolish high jumperborn 1989
- Sylwester SembratowiczMetropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (1836-1898)
- Sylwester ChęcińskiPolish film director (1930-2021)
- Sylwester BraunPolish photographer (1909–1996)
- Sylwester MaciejewskiPolish actorborn 1955
- Silvestru Morariu-AndrieviciRomanian politician and writer (1818–1895)
- Sylwester ChruszczPolish politicianborn 1972
- Sylwester JaniszewskiPolish sportspersonborn 1988
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