Silvester
[sɪlˈvɛstər]Meaning
latin name meaning "wooded, wild", from silvestris, from silva "wood, forest"
Background Story
Silvester is a Latin name meaning "wooded, wild", derived from silvestris, a derivative of silva, "wood, forest". It was the name of three popes, including Saint Silvester I, and as an English name Silvester or Sylvester has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it became less common after the Protestant Reformation. The name is used in Croatian, Czech, Danish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Spanish, and in Estonian it was borrowed from German Sylvester, from Pope Silvester I, whose feast day on 31 December has been the date since the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582.
Temperament
Variations
Silvestre, Silvesterus, Silvestr
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