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Updated February 29, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from the Old French personal name Seluein (Latin Silvanus, a derivative of silva ‘wood’), bestowed in honor of various minor early Christian saints.
  • A Sylvain from the Saintonge region of France is documented in Montreal in 1720, with the secondary surname Larosée.

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