Meaning and Origin of: Silvestre

Boy name origins & meanings

• Latin : Woodman
• English, Latin : From the forest

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Galician and Spanish : habitational name from any of the places named Silvestre in Pontevedra and Badajoz.
• Catalan, Occitan, French, and Spanish : from the personal name Silvestre (see Sylvester).
• Spanish and Portuguese : byname from silvestre ‘wild’, ‘rustic’.