Silvester

Where Silvester comes from

The dictionaries list Silvester as a given name — a male given name, variant of Sylvester — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1884
    Debut at its peak, #764
    #764 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1940
    Silvester Takač born
    Serbian footballer
  4. 1979
    Silvester Sabolčki born
    Croatian footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Sylvester.
Namesakes
  • Silvester Takač · Serbian footballer, born 1940
  • Silvester Sabolčki · Croatian footballer, 1979–2003
  • Silvester van der Water · Dutch association football player, born 1996
  • Silvester Goraseb · Namibian footballer, born 1974
  • Silvester of Troina · Italian saint, 1110–1185

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.