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Sylvanus

male

Meaning

"Of the Forest"

Latin name meaning of the forest, associated with Roman religious vocabulary and later Christian usage as a learned masculine form.

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Popularity History of Sylvanus

Full SSA rank history from 1880 to 2024

#10738Ranked nationally
SSA did not record this spelling in the national rankings for the available chart years. Names used fewer than 5 times in a year are omitted from the dataset.

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Sylvanus did not appear in the national SSA rankings for 2024.

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no national rank in 2024

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. Names used fewer than 5 times in a given year are not ranked.

Sylvanus Nicknames

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Baby Name Lists That Include Sylvanus

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Quick Facts

OriginLatin
Syllables3
Length8 letters

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