Silvestre

  • [ seel-BE-stre (Spanish) ]
  • Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of SILVESTER.

SILVESTER   male   Dutch, English, Slovene, Slovak, German, Late Roman
From a Roman name meaning "of the forest" from Latin silva "wood, forest". This was the name of three popes, including Saint Silvester I who supposedly baptized the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine the Great. As an English name, Silvester (or Sylvester) has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it became less common after the Protestant Reformation.
EQUIVALENTS
CZECH: Silvestr
DANISH: Sylvester
DUTCH: Silvester, Sylvester
ENGLISH: Silvester, Sylvester
FRENCH: Sylvestre
GERMAN: Silvester, Sylvester
HUNGARIAN: Szilveszter
ITALIAN: Silvestro
LATE ROMAN: Silvester
POLISH: Sylwester
PORTUGUESE: Silvestre
SLOVAK: Silvester
SLOVENE: Silvester
SPANISH: Silvestre
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DANISH: Vester
ENGLISH: Sly
FEMININE FORMS
ITALIAN: Silvestra
SLOVENE: Silvestra
OTHER FORMS
DUTCH: Fester