Forename Sylvain

Around the world, Sylvain (Sylvain , Сильвен , سيلفان) is a widespread masculine forename. The first name Sylvain is characteristic of France, where it is a common male name, Cameroon, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Canada (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in France, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Canada. Much less frequently, Sylvain is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Sylvain is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Sylvain

name Сильвано, name Силванус, name Silvan, name Сильвен, name سيلوان, name Сільвен, name סילבן, name Сильван, name Силуан, name Silvanus, name Сылваин, name 希凡, name Силвен, name Sylvain, name シルバン, name סילבנו, name Silvain, name Sylwan, name Силван, name Sylvaîn, name Силвано, name Sylvan, name Silvano, name Silvanio

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Sylvain	Canada, France, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast
Сильвен	Russia, Ukraine

First names said to be same

Silvain, Silvan, Silvanio, Silvano, Silvanus, Sylvan, Sylvaîn, Sylwan, Силван, Силвано, Силванус, Силвен, Силуан, Сильван, Сильвано, Сылваин, Сільвен, סילבן, סילבנו, سيلوان, シルバン, and 希凡

First name Sylvain in the context

Sylvain is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sylvain Van Genechten ; Father Sylvain , the fictional character from Monkeys, Go Home!; Sylvain Geens ; Sylvain , the operatic character in the opera Les dragons de Villars and Sylvain Desjardins , character in Caméra Café.

Notable namesakes

	sylvain de toulouse French saint, FR (b. 650)
	sylvain leroy French philosopher, FR (b. 1632)
	sylvain pérussault FR (b. 1679)
	sylvain maréchal French writer and philosopher (1750-1803), FR (b. 1750)
	sylvain ballot de sauvot French playwright (1703-1760), FR (b. 1703)
	sylvain charles valée Marshal of France (1773-1846), FR (b. 1773)
	sylvain yvernault French politician (1740-1806), FR (b. 1740)
	sylvain meinrad xavier de golbéry French librarian (1742-1822), FR (b. 1742)
	sylvain bienvenuat French politician, FR (b. 1743)
	sylvain codet French politician, FR (b. 1743)
	sylvain pépin French politician, FR (b. 1746)
	sylvain françois desbordes French soldier and officer (1747-1817), FR (b. 1747)
	sylvain van de weyer Belgian politician (1802-1874), BE (b. 1802)
	sylvain-denis houdan deslandes French military personnel, FR (b. 1754)
	sylvain guizard French politician, FR (b. 1806)

Characteristic surnames

Roy, Mercier, Bernard, Boucher, Poirier, Richard, Garnier, Laurent, Lambert, Leclerc, Thomas, Leblanc, Marchand, Bertrand, Bergeron, Bouchard, Rousseau, Gauthier, Lefebvre, Tremblay, Fournier, Lefevre, Lavoie, Girard, Gagnon, Cote, Roux, Morel, Morin, Caron, Petit, Denis, David, Leroy, Martin, Martel, Masson, Moreau, Michel, Robert, Durand, Dumont, Dubois, Dupont, Dufour, Garcia, Chevalier, and Pelletier