Sylvestre
Sylvestre is a masculine given name of Latin origin derived from Silva, meaning the forest. Notable people with the name include:Sylvestre Amoussou, Beninese actor and director Sylvestre Bangui (1934–1996), Central African general, diplomat and politician Sylvestre Ilunga, Congolese politician Sylvestre Gallot, French mathematician Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765–1843), French…
- French
Meaning & Origin of Sylvestre
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sylvestre is a masculine given name of Latin origin derived from Silva, meaning the forest. Notable people with the name include:Sylvestre Amoussou, Beninese actor and director Sylvestre Bangui (1934–1996), Central African general, diplomat and politician Sylvestre Ilunga, Congolese politician Sylvestre Gallot, French mathematician Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765–1843), French…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Sylvestre
Sylvestre first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1994: 10 births, good for #5,453 nationwide. About 44% of every Sylvestre on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Sylvestre last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 96 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sylvestre
Sylvestre is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 96 births in the dataset. Sylvestre's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #5,453. Use the chart and map above to compare Sylvestre's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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