Silvester
sil-VES-ter
A classic Latin name meaning “of the woods” or “living in a wood.”
Meaning
Silvester comes from Latin silva, meaning “wood” or “forest.” In the old naming books, it is glossed as “living in a wood” or “wild, found in a wood,” and it appears as a male saint’s name in the Christian calendar. The related spellings Sylvester and Silvestre are also noted.
Origin
Latinmasculine
Fun fact
The excerpts note that the Roman calendar includes three saints named Silvester.