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Gender: Male Meaning of Sylvan: "wood, forest" Origin of Sylvan: Latin

The name Sylvan is a boy's name meaning "wood, forest". Sylvan and is often added to lists like Tree Baby Names and discussed in our forums with posts like "Best name or combo from previous poster's signature!".

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One of the many variations of Silvanus, the name of the Roman forest god, and a little-used member of the freshly stylish Sylv- family of names. Silvan is the sleek German and Dutch form.

16 names similar to Sylvan

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Male Leaf Male Oak Male Juniper Male Spruce Female Brook Male Silvius Male Lysander Male Banyan
Male Park Male Ilara Male Linden Male Fable Male Valerian Male Sylvain Male Ogden Male Birch
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Famous People Named Sylvan

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Sylvan Augustus Ebanks-Blake, British footballer
Sylvan Nathan Goldman, American inventor of the shopping cart
Sylvan Richardson, British guitarist of Simply Red

Pop Culture References for the name Sylvan

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Sylvan tutoring centers
Sylvan Forester, character in Thomas Love Peacock's 1817 novel 'Melincourt; or, Sir Oran Haut-on'
Sylvan Esso, band

Comments

TechnoKitten Says:

2018-12-18T21:09:03

Beautiful and strong boy name

TechnoKitten Says:

2018-12-18T21:08:33

Me too

SilverSky109 Says:

2018-02-12T15:05:07

I love Sylvan! I think it's very charming. It makes me think of a silver-tinged forest. Truly one of the better name meanings out there for a boy, and such an intriguing, natural sound.

ARead Says:

2015-02-05T16:25:50

I think so, too. Don't really like Silvio much...

babymagic Says:

2015-01-13T23:16:59

I wanted to use this name for my daughter. Still think it would make a great girl name (with Sylvie as nickname), since I'm not a huge fan of Sylvia.

Guest Says:

2014-10-27T15:46:14

I agree! Sylvan/Silvan is so interesting and charming!

AnonymousPerson Says:

2014-10-27T11:44:52

Silvio has more charm? I prefer Sylvan.

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