meaning of the name sylvester
What does Sylvester mean, popularity, numerology and more. The name Sylvester is of Latin and English origin. The meaning of Sylvester is from the forest.ylvester is generally used as a boy's name. It consists of 9 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Syl-ves-ter. In the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 1927 in baby name popularity for boys with 75 occurrences. Less than 5 girls were given the name.