Sylvan
Latin
"wood, forest"Sylvan Origin and Meaning
The name Sylvan is a boy's name meaning "wood, forest".
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.
Sylvan Popularity
- 956Nameberry2021
Want to keep track of your favorite names?
Create an account and you can create lists, keep track of favorites, and even be alerted when there is new content posted about a name.
20 Names Similar to Sylvan
These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Sylvan.
- Leaf
- Oak
- Juniper
- Spruce
- Brook
- Silvius
- Lysander
- Banyan
- Park
- Ilara
- Linden
- Fable
- Valerian
- Sylvain
- Ogden
- Birch
- Aspen
- Vesper
- Forrest
- Garnet
Want to keep track of your favorite names?
Create an account and you can create lists, keep track of favorites, and even be alerted when there is new content posted about a name.
Lists containing Sylvan
Famous People Named Sylvan
- Sylvan Augustus EbanksBlake, British footballer
- Sylvan Nathan GoldmanAmerican inventor of the shopping cart
- Sylvan RichardsonBritish guitarist of Simply Red
Sylvan in Pop Culture
- Sylvan tutoring centers
- Sylvan Forestercharacter in Thomas Love Peacock's 1817 novel 'Melincourt; or, Sir Oran Haut,on'
- Sylvan Essoband