Baby name

FADING BOY · LATIN
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Sylvester

/sil · VES · ter/


“Wooded or wild, forest dweller”

Latin "silvestris" meaning wooded or wild, forest dweller

sy · syl · silvester

timelessresonant

How it ages.

Historic religious name via Saint Sylvester

The cultural moment.

Declining but retained in Portuguese-speaking South Africa