Silvestras is a masculine given name documented in Lithuanian. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin sylvester, with the stated meaning “woody, rural”.
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Latin origin
Source-reported
Meaning: “woody, rural”
From Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.
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