Sylvester
m.
Latin silvestris 'wooded, wild', from Latin silva 'woodland'.
The name of three popes and an anti-pope, and two 12th C saints.
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1564 Sylvester MPSA p. 74;
1568 Sylvester ibid. p. 76;
1570 Sylvestre ibid. p. 77;
1574 Sylvester ibid. p. 79;
1597x1598 Silvester BoonenGes p. 330
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1340xc1450 Silluester (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 70;
1408 Silvester (nom) GCCYork p.11
- Dutch
- ● 1589 Sylvester AuFr Poorten
- Early Modern English
- ● 1560 Silvester BUmar-vol2 p. 60;
1565 Sylvester BarnstapleBap p. 14;
1571/2 Selvister RegBisham p. 3;
1572/3 Syluester SurMus p. 167;
1577 Silvester DEmar-vol1 p. 83;
1583/4 Sillvester SurMus p. 26;
1584 Silvester ibid. p. 190;
1585 Silvester DEmar-vol2 p. 11;
1590 Silvester BUmar-vol1 p. 17,
DEmar-vol1 p. 86;
1591 Silvester BUmar-vol2 p. 118;
1594 Silvester DEmar-vol2 p. 30;
1596/7 Silvester bruton1 p. 123
- Middle French
- ● 1580 siluestre WCS p. 16
- France
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- Latin
- ● 969 Silvestri (gen) CartSavII 4;
1000? Silvester (nom) ibid. 9,
Silvestri (gen) ibid. 9;
1135 Silvester (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1147x62 Silvester (nom) ibid. 48;
1173 Silvestri (gen) ibid. 154;
1180 Silvestris (gen) RotScaNor p. 27;
1208 Silvester (nom) ChartCaen2 7;
1217 Silvester (nom) ibid. 8
- Old French
- ● 1313 Selvestre Paris1313 p. 30
- Middle French
- ● 1386 Silvestre MemBret-II col. 514;
1392 Sevestre ibid. col. 607;
1563 Sevestre RegPCC-1 p. 535,
Silvestre ibid. p. 33,
Sylvestre ibid. p. 43;
1564 Silvestre ibid. p. 44;
1565 Silvestre ibid. p. 121
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 999 Sylvestro (abl) HGSav-4.1 p. 1;
1348 Silvestrum (acc) INP 24,
Sylvestri (gen) ibid. 25;
1366 Sylvester (nom) Livi 31;
1367 Silvester (nom) ibid. 131/132;
1368 Silvester (nom) ibid. 197,
Silvestri (gen) ibid. 188;
1449 Silvestri (gen) VitAs2 V;
1464 Silvester (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI;
1490 Silvestro (abl) VitAs2 III;
1521 Silvestro (abl) ibid. VI;
1522x1532 Silvester (nom) DSF p. 51, 13,
Silvestri (gen) ibid. p. 51, 13
- Italian
- ● 1513x1521 Silvestro LeoX p. 24
- Portugal
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- Latin
- ● 1256 Silvester (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 17
- Portuguese-Galician
- ● 1238 Sylvestre PHGCRP-I no. 22b
- Spain
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- Spanish
- ● 1576 Silvestre Catalogo-5.2 4024
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1409 Silfuaster (nom) SDHK no. 17268,
Siluaster (nom) ibid. no. 17256
- Early Modern Swedish
- ◑ 1543 Silvets (gen) Audén1980 p. 163
Cite as: R. Le Get, N. Shiel, S.L. Uckelman. "Sylvester". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Sylvester.