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Sylvester
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Origin Of The Surname Sylvester
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Meaning Of The Surname Sylvester
Descendant of the Wood Dweller
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Interesting
Facts About
Sylvester
Sylvester comes from the Latin name Silvester which is said to mean ‘one who lived in the woods’. The name Sylvester would have come to Britain as a first name, and would later have become a patronymic surname. These surnames were given to pass down the name of a father of a household to his kin. So the original bearers of this surname would have been descendants of a man named Sylvester. |
Sylvester Statistics
Sylvester is the number 1302 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 7,960 share the surname Sylvester in the UK.
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