Sylvester

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɪlˈvɛstɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ) === Proper noun === Sylvester A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century. A surname. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. A city, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States. An unincorporated community in Fisher County, Texas, United States. A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. ==== Derived terms ==== Sylvester equation Sylvester-Gallai theorem Sylvester's criterion Sylvester's formula Sylvester's theorem ==== Related terms ==== Sylvestrine sylph sylvan (see for more terms) Silvia, Sylvia ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin sylvester (literally “wooded”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsylʋester/, [ˈs̠ylʋe̞s̠te̞r] Rhymes: -ylʋester Syllabification(key): Syl‧ves‧ter Hyphenation(key): Syl‧ves‧ter === Proper noun === Sylvester (rare as a first name) a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== The given name Sylvester belongs to 50 male individuals (and as a middle name to 525 more, making it overwhelmingly more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 6 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛstɐ === Proper noun === Sylvester alternative form of Silvester