Sylvan

Where Sylvan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sylvan.

Sylvan through the years
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #758 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1898
    Sylvan Goldman born
    American inventor
  3. 1912
    Peak, #552
    53 babies named Sylvan, its best rank.
  4. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,536.
  5. 1986
    Sylvan Ebanks-Blake born
    British footballer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Sylvan Ebanks-Blake · British footballer, born 1986
  • Sylvan Goldman · American inventor, 1898–1984
  • Sylvan Adams · Canadian-Israeli Philanthropist, born 1958
  • Sylvan Muldoon · American writer, 1903–1971
  • Sylvan Anderton · English footballer, born 1934

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.