Sylvester - wikipedia Sylvester For other uses, see Sylvester ( disambiguation ). Look up sylvester in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sylvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning `` wooded '' or `` wild '', which derives from the noun silva meaning `` woodland ''. Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words. After the Classical period y came to be pronounced as i. Spellings with Sylv - in place of Silv - date from after the Classical period. Contents 1 Surname 2 Fictional characters 3 Churchmen 4 Given name Surname Attila Silvester, Greek choreographer Charles Sylvester, English chemist and inventor Dean Sylvester, American hockey player Hannah Sylvester ( c. 1900 -- 1973 ), American blues singer Harold Sylvester, American film and television actor James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician Joshua Sylvester, English poet Marc Sylvester, American middle - distance runner Michael Sylvester, American opera - singer Rick Sylvester, American stuntman Robin Sylvester, English musician Sherry Sylvester, American political worker and journalist William Sylvester, American TV and film actor William Henry Thomas Sylvester, English army officer and surgeon Fictional characters Sylvester the Cat, a Looney Tunes character Sylvester Junior, a son of Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr. Sylvester, a donkey in the children 's book Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Sue Sylvester, a main character on the Fox sitcom Glee Sylvester ( Trapped In The Closet ), a main character in the hip hopera / Comedy Trapped In The Closet Sylvester McMonkey McBean, a character in the Dr. Seuss book The Sneetches and Other Stories Churchmen Pope Sylvester I ( died 335 ), Saint Sylvester Pope Sylvester II ( c. 946 -- 1003 ) Pope Sylvester III ( died 1062 or 1063 ) Antipope Sylvester IV, a claimant from 1105 to 1111 Sylvester of Kiev ( c. 1055 -- 1123 ), clergyman and writer in Kievan Rus Sylvester Gozzolini ( 1177 -- 1267 ), saint and founder of the Sylvestrines religious order Sylvester of Assisi ( died 1240 ), companion of Saint Francis of Assisi Sylvester of Antioch, 18th century Greek bishop Sylvester of Worcester, early 13th century Bishop of Worcester Given name Sylvester of Marsico ( c. 1100 - 1162 ), Count of Marsico in the Kingdom of Sicily Silvester Diggles ( 1817 -- 1880 ), Australian musician and ornithologist Sylvester Graham ( 1794 -- 1851 ), Presbyterian minister, father of graham crackers Sylvester McCoy ( born 1943 ), actor Sylvester ( singer ) ( 1947 -- 1988 ), singer, disco performer, stage name Sylvester Sylvester Stallone ( born 1946 ), actor Sylvester Mittee ( born 1956 ), Saint Lucian / British boxer of the 1970s and ' 80s Sylvester Terkay ( born 1970 ), American professional wrestler Sylvester Levay ( born 1954 ), Hungarian musician Surname list This page lists people with the surname Sylvester. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sylvester&oldid=849044450 '' Categories : Surnames Masculine given names Latin masculine given names Latin - language surnames English masculine given names German masculine given names Danish masculine given names Dutch masculine given names Hidden categories : Articles with short description All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Ελληνικά 日本 語 Русский Српски / srpski Suomi Svenska Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 6 July 2018, at 03 : 35 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: where does the last name sylvester come from
Answer: from the Latin