Silvestar
- Meaning:
- Of the forest, woodland
- Origin:
- Latin
About the name Silvestar
From Latin Silvester ('of the forest'); St. Silvester's feast falls on the last day of the year.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- December 31 (sv. Silvestar)
Popularity with newborns
Silvestar has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
383 people in Croatia are called Silvestar, according to the 2021 census. That is #821 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Silvestar is recorded in 11 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.