Silas
[ˈsaɪləs]Meaning
probably a short form of Silvanus, the name Paul calls him by in the epistles
Background Story
Silas is the name of a companion of Saint Paul in the New Testament, probably a short form of Silvanus. It is possible that Silvanus and Silas were Latin and Greek forms of the Hebrew name Saul, via Aramaic. As an English name it was not used until after the Protestant Reformation, and George Eliot used it for the title character of her novel Silas Marner in 1861.
Temperament
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