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Silvester

“forest dweller”

masculineLatin script

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Origin: Latin
9 language contexts: English German Dutch +6 more
Follow the evidence: 14 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Silvester

Silvester is a masculine given name documented in English, German, Dutch and 6 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Silvester. German Wikipedia gives the meaning “forest dweller”.

4 source accounts

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “forest dweller”

From Latin Silvester.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): Silvester (Vorname)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-16

Explore 3 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Spanish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDel latín silva.

Del latín silva.

Sources for this account (1)

Spanish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDe silvestris (« forestier »).

De silvestris (« forestier »).

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedłac. silvestris → leśny, dziki

łac. silvestris → leśny, dziki

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (9)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q19768417
Masculine usage in German · Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in English · Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Estonian · Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Latin · French Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Slovak · Polish Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Slovene · Polish Wiktionary: Silvester

Explore all 9 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Silvester” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q19768417.

All pronunciation details (4)

/sɪlˈvɛstɐ/ — German (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
/zɪlˈvɛstɐ/ — German (Germany)
[zɪlˈvɛstɐ] — German
/zɪlˈvɛstɐ/ — German (singular)

02 / Across borders

Where Silvester is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Silvester’s connections around the world.

3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2023: 6 boys (rank 10821). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 17 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Silvester

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2023: 6; applications; Rank #10,821
Peak year: 1960; 32 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Silvester in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	7	764	observed
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	6	819	observed
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	6	1,162	observed
1901	5	1,058	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	5	1,130	observed
1904	5	1,205	observed
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	5	1,253	observed
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	5	1,440	observed
1910	12	928	observed
1911	7	1,387	observed
1912	9	1,746	observed
1913	9	1,945	observed
1914	15	1,608	observed
1915	14	1,968	observed
1916	17	1,771	observed
1917	15	1,986	observed
1918	14	2,165	observed
1919	21	1,624	observed
1920	26	1,457	observed
1921	19	1,829	observed
1922	19	1,827	observed
1923	31	1,300	observed
1924	20	1,776	observed
1925	24	1,534	observed
1926	14	2,186	observed
1927	20	1,748	observed
1928	18	1,822	observed
1929	27	1,378	observed
1930	19	1,693	observed
1931	14	2,003	observed
1932	16	1,848	observed
1933	13	1,997	observed
1934	13	2,022	observed
1935	11	2,246	observed
1936	7	2,854	observed
1937	6	3,175	observed
1938	12	2,084	observed
1939	10	2,288	observed
1940	9	2,478	observed
1941	10	2,333	observed
1942	5	3,560	observed
1943	12	2,182	observed
1944	12	2,080	observed
1945	17	1,633	observed
1946	11	2,271	observed
1947	13	2,169	observed
1948	14	2,027	observed
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	10	2,438	observed
1951	15	1,972	observed
1952	19	1,749	observed
1953	16	1,958	observed
1954	21	1,668	observed
1955	22	1,646	observed
1956	20	1,765	observed
1957	14	2,190	observed
1958	16	2,026	observed
1959	17	1,974	observed
1960	32	1,400	observed
1961	26	1,570	observed
1962	20	1,805	observed
1963	29	1,455	observed
1964	15	2,114	observed
1965	14	2,178	observed
1966	11	2,465	observed
1967	9	2,760	observed
1968	11	2,576	observed
1969	10	2,861	observed
1970	11	2,891	observed
1971	7	3,963	observed
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	6	4,505	observed
1974	8	3,837	observed
1975	9	3,659	observed
1976	7	4,418	observed
1977	13	3,037	observed
1978	8	4,157	observed
1979	8	4,403	observed
1980	7	4,940	observed
1981	14	3,030	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	7	4,907	observed
1984	13	3,270	observed
1985	14	3,216	observed
1986	11	3,882	observed
1987	10	4,239	observed
1988	15	3,350	observed
1989	8	5,615	observed
1990	10	4,993	observed
1991	12	4,476	observed
1992	9	5,660	observed
1993	12	4,697	observed
1994	10	5,452	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	8	6,496	observed
1997	12	4,960	observed
1998	6	8,479	observed
1999	9	6,530	observed
2000	5	10,349	observed
2001	6	9,243	observed
2002	5	10,667	observed
2003	8	7,831	observed
2004	5	11,356	observed
2005	6	10,151	observed
2006	9	7,998	observed
2007	9	8,173	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	5	12,231	observed
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	6	10,644	observed
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	6	10,821	observed
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Silvester” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
SILVESTER— “living in a wood”
SILVESTER, _m._ _Eng._ Lat. living in a wood, 179
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Silvester Takač
born 1940
Serbian footballer
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Sylvester I
died 336
33rd pope and saint (reigned 314-335)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Sylvester II
died 1003
Pope of the Catholic Church from 999 to 1003
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Sylvester III
1000–1063
pope
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Sylvester IV
born 1050
Italian presbyter and priest, antipope from 1105 to 1111
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Silvester with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q19768417CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): Silvester (Vorname)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-16
Spanish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences3

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Silvester2.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Silvester.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q188 (deu)-Natschoba-Silvester.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Silvester

4 source accounts

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “forest dweller”

From Latin Silvester.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): Silvester (Vorname)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-16

Explore 3 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Spanish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDel latín silva.

Del latín silva.

Sources for this account (1)

Spanish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDe silvestris (« forestier »).

De silvestris (« forestier »).

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedłac. silvestris → leśny, dziki

łac. silvestris → leśny, dziki

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (9)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q19768417
Masculine usage in German · Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in English · Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Estonian · Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Latin · French Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Slovak · Polish Wiktionary: Silvester
Masculine usage in Slovene · Polish Wiktionary: Silvester

Explore all 9 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Silvester” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q19768417.

All pronunciation details (4)

/sɪlˈvɛstɐ/ — German (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
/zɪlˈvɛstɐ/ — German (Germany)
[zɪlˈvɛstɐ] — German
/zɪlˈvɛstɐ/ — German (singular)

Where Silvester is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Silvester’s connections around the world.

3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2023: 6 boys (rank 10821). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 17 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Silvester

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2023: 6; applications; Rank #10,821
Peak year: 1960; 32 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Silvester in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	7	764	observed
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	6	819	observed
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	6	1,162	observed
1901	5	1,058	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	5	1,130	observed
1904	5	1,205	observed
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	5	1,253	observed
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	5	1,440	observed
1910	12	928	observed
1911	7	1,387	observed
1912	9	1,746	observed
1913	9	1,945	observed
1914	15	1,608	observed
1915	14	1,968	observed
1916	17	1,771	observed
1917	15	1,986	observed
1918	14	2,165	observed
1919	21	1,624	observed
1920	26	1,457	observed
1921	19	1,829	observed
1922	19	1,827	observed
1923	31	1,300	observed
1924	20	1,776	observed
1925	24	1,534	observed
1926	14	2,186	observed
1927	20	1,748	observed
1928	18	1,822	observed
1929	27	1,378	observed
1930	19	1,693	observed
1931	14	2,003	observed
1932	16	1,848	observed
1933	13	1,997	observed
1934	13	2,022	observed
1935	11	2,246	observed
1936	7	2,854	observed
1937	6	3,175	observed
1938	12	2,084	observed
1939	10	2,288	observed
1940	9	2,478	observed
1941	10	2,333	observed
1942	5	3,560	observed
1943	12	2,182	observed
1944	12	2,080	observed
1945	17	1,633	observed
1946	11	2,271	observed
1947	13	2,169	observed
1948	14	2,027	observed
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	10	2,438	observed
1951	15	1,972	observed
1952	19	1,749	observed
1953	16	1,958	observed
1954	21	1,668	observed
1955	22	1,646	observed
1956	20	1,765	observed
1957	14	2,190	observed
1958	16	2,026	observed
1959	17	1,974	observed
1960	32	1,400	observed
1961	26	1,570	observed
1962	20	1,805	observed
1963	29	1,455	observed
1964	15	2,114	observed
1965	14	2,178	observed
1966	11	2,465	observed
1967	9	2,760	observed
1968	11	2,576	observed
1969	10	2,861	observed
1970	11	2,891	observed
1971	7	3,963	observed
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	6	4,505	observed
1974	8	3,837	observed
1975	9	3,659	observed
1976	7	4,418	observed
1977	13	3,037	observed
1978	8	4,157	observed
1979	8	4,403	observed
1980	7	4,940	observed
1981	14	3,030	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	7	4,907	observed
1984	13	3,270	observed
1985	14	3,216	observed
1986	11	3,882	observed
1987	10	4,239	observed
1988	15	3,350	observed
1989	8	5,615	observed
1990	10	4,993	observed
1991	12	4,476	observed
1992	9	5,660	observed
1993	12	4,697	observed
1994	10	5,452	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	8	6,496	observed
1997	12	4,960	observed
1998	6	8,479	observed
1999	9	6,530	observed
2000	5	10,349	observed
2001	6	9,243	observed
2002	5	10,667	observed
2003	8	7,831	observed
2004	5	11,356	observed
2005	6	10,151	observed
2006	9	7,998	observed
2007	9	8,173	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	5	12,231	observed
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	6	10,644	observed
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	6	10,821	observed
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
SILVESTER— “living in a wood”
SILVESTER, _m._ _Eng._ Lat. living in a wood, 179
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Silvester Takač
born 1940
Serbian footballer
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Sylvester I
died 336
33rd pope and saint (reigned 314-335)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Sylvester II
died 1003
Pope of the Catholic Church from 999 to 1003
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Sylvester III
1000–1063
pope
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Sylvester IV
born 1050
Italian presbyter and priest, antipope from 1105 to 1111
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q19768417CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): Silvester (Vorname)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-16
Spanish Wiktionary: SilvesterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences3

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Silvester2.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Silvester.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q188 (deu)-Natschoba-Silvester.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
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A story to pass on.

About Silvester

Latin origin

Where Silvester is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Silvester Takač

Sylvester I

Sylvester II

Sylvester III

Sylvester IV

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Silvester

Latin origin

Where Silvester is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Silvester Takač

Sylvester I

Sylvester II

Sylvester III

Sylvester IV

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page