Silas

SYE-las

Aramaic, Latin, Greek

"of the forest; or prayed for"

Updated Wed Oct 15 2025

Silas Origin and Meaning

Variation of Silvain

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Silas Deane
American politician and diplomat
Silas House
American writer
Silas Weir Mitchell
American physician and writer
Silas Weir Mitchell
American actor (named after the above)
Silas "Si" Robertson
American reality TV personality ("Duck Dynasty")
Jason Silas "Jase" Robertson
American reality TV personality (Duck Dynasty")
Silas Wright
American politician, 14th governor of New York
Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira aka Silas
Brazilian football manager
Silas Wood
U.S. Congressman from New York
Silas Talbot
commander of the U.S.S. Constitution during the American Revolution
Silas Watt (b. 2007)
son of racing driver Jason Watt
Silas Randall Timberlake (b. 2015)
son of singer/actor Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel
Silas Jude Eubanks (b. 2015)
son of Megan McConnell and Chase Eubanks of TV's "16 and Pregnant"

Silas Blissett
character in British soap "Hollyoaks"
Silas Botwin
Nancy's son on TV's "Weeds"
"Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
" novel by George Eliot
Silas Heap
character in the "Septimus Heap" book series by Angie Sage
Silas
character in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code"
Silas
character in "Sisters Red" by Jackson Pearce
Silas
the first immortal being on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
Silas Wegg
one,legged blackmailer in "Our Mutual Friend"
Silas
hired man in Robert Frost's poem "Death of the Hired Man"
Silas Ruthyn
character in "Uncle Silas" by Sheridan Le Fanu
Great
Uncle Silas, character in "My Uncle Silas" (1939) by H. E. Bates
Silas
the vampire in Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book"
Silas Q. Scuddamore
wealthy American in "The Suicide Club" by Robert Louis Stevenson
Colonel Silas Lapham
businessman & social climber in "The Rise of Silas Lapham" (1885)
"Swan Lee (Silas Lang)"
song by Syd Barrett
Silas Hendershot
character in movie "The Final Storm"
Silas
character in animated series "Transformers: Prime"
Silas Sugwash
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
Silas Phelps
uncle to Tom Sawyer in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by Mark Twain
Silas
main character in "Origin" by Liam Holt
Silas
character in the video games "Fire Emblem Fates"
Silas
character in the movie "Equals"
Silas
one of the villains in 'The Vampire Diaries'
Silas Scratch
antagonist of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School," by Jeff Kinney