Silvestr
Silvestr is a masculine name of Latin origin, widely recognized as the Czech variant of Silvester. In Christian tradition, it is closely associated with Saint Pope Sylvester I. It offers parents a refined, time-honored choice with deep historical and cultural roots.
Origin and etymology of the name
Scholarly onomastic and linguistic analysisA masculine name of Latin origin meaning "forest dweller" or "living in the woods".
Detailed Slovak etymology analysis
Meno pochádza z latinského mena Silvester, utvoreného z prídavného mena silvester vo význame „lesný“ alebo „žijúci v lese“. Jeho základom je latinské podstatné meno silva – „les, háj“.
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SILVESTR
100% identical to original formNo diacritics (ASCII)
Universal international spelling13 foreign variants
Česky, Anglicky, Maďarsky- •Zápis bez diakritiky – 100 % zhodný s medzinárodnými pasmi, letenkami a cudzími klávesnicami.
- •Univerzálna výslovnosť – neobsahuje zhluky hlások náročné pre cudzincov.
- •Ideálna dvojslabičná dĺžka – melodická a rýchlo zapamätateľná na celom svete.
- •Globálne rozšírené meno – má priame ekvivalenty vo viac než 9 svetových jazykoch.
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