Sylvester
Sign in to saveSylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun silva meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin, y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words. After the Classical period y was pronounced as i. Spellings with Sylv- in place of Silv- date from after the Classical period.
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Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun silva meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin, y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words. After the Classical period y was pronounced as i. Spellings with Sylv- in place of Silv- date from after the Classical period.
==Given name== ===Arts and entertainment=== ====Music==== Silvester Diggles (1817–1880), Australian musician and ornithologist Sylvester James Jr. (1947–1988), also known as Sylvester, singer and disco performer Sylvester Levay (born 1954), Hungarian musician Sylvester Stewart (1943–2025), or Sly Stone, musician and record producer, best known as the frontman for Sly and the Family Stone