Sylvan
SIL-vun
Latin
"wood, forest"
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Updated Tue Feb 03 2026
Sylvan Origin and Meaning
Variation of Silvain
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# 964 in the US
Sylvan Rank in US Top 1000
# 587 on Nameberry
Sylvan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
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Famous People Named Sylvan
- Sylvan Augustus EbanksBlake, British footballer
- Sylvan Nathan GoldmanAmerican inventor of the shopping cart
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The name Sylvan in Pop Culture
- Sylvan Forestercharacter in Thomas Love Peacock's 1817 novel 'Melincourt; or, Sir Oran Haut,on'
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