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Sylvester (male)

Can be spelt:Silvester (M)
   
Source(s): FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Latin "of the woods".

Sylvester is cognate with the female name Sylvia but there is no etymological link between them.

Sylvester occurs less frequently than the spelling Silvester in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire.
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