Sylvanus

Where Sylvanus comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sylvanus.

  • Latin
Sylvanus through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1883
    Sylvanus Morley born
    American archaeologist, epigrapher, Mayanist scholar, and WWI spy for the U.S.
  3. 1894
    Peak, #787
    8 babies named Sylvanus, its best rank.
  4. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1902
    Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio born
    President of Togo
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin, variant of Silvanus.
Namesakes
  • Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio · President of Togo, 1902–1963
  • Sylvanus Morley · American archaeologist, epigrapher, Mayanist scholar, and WWI spy for the U.S., 1883–1948
  • Sylvanus Nimely · Liberian footballer, born 1998
  • Sylvanus Thayer · United States colonel, 1785–1872
  • Sylvanus Stall · American writer, 1847–1915

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.