Sylvan

Sylvan is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:
Sylvan Barnet (born 1926), American literary critic, Shakespearean scholar and Fletcher Professor of English Emeritus at Tufts University
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born 1986), English footballer
Sylvan Friedman (1908–1979), Jewish-American politician
Sylvan Goldman (1898-1984), American businessman and inventor of the shopping cart
Sylvan Levin (1903–1996), American concert pianist and conductor
Sylvan Richardson, British guitarist, composer and masseur
Sylvan Wittwer (1917-2012), American agronomist
Johann Sylvan (died 1572), Reformed German theologian who was executed for his heretical beliefs
Kaj Sylvan (born 1923), Danish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s
Per Sylvan (1875-1945), Swedish Army lieutenant general
Richard Sylvan (1935-1996), Australian logician and environmentalist also known as Richard Routley
Sanford Sylvan, American operatic baritone
Torsten Sylvan (1895–1970), Swedish equestrian who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics

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"of the woods," 1570s, from Middle French sylvain (1530s), from Latin silvanus "pertaining to wood or forest" (originally only in silvanae "goddesses of the woods"), from silva "wood, woodland, forest, orchard, grove," of unknown origin. The unetymological -y- is a misspelling in Latin from influence of Greek hyle "forest," from which the Latin word formerly was supposed to derive.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	1986	Footballer
2	Sylvan Richardson		Guitarist, composer and masseur
3	Sylvan Goldman	1898	American inventor
4	Sylvan LaCue	1990
5	Sylvan Muldoon	1903	American writer
6	Richard Sylvan	1935	Australian philosopher
7	Sylvan Barnet	1926	Literary critic
8	Sylvan Ambrose Hart	1906
9	Marc Sylvan		English composer
10	Sanford Sylvan	1953	American opera singer
11	Johann Sylvan	1600	Antitrinitarian theologian
12	Sylvan Friedman	1908	American farmer and politician
13	Sylvan Gotshal	1897	American lawyer
14	Sylvan Fox	1928	American journalist
15	Jade Sylvan	1982	American writer
16	Sylvan Levin	1903	American conductor
17	Fernando Sylvan	1917	East Timorese writer
18	Sylvan Kalib	1929	American composer
19	Sylvan Anderton	1934	English footballer
20	Per Sylvan	1875
21	Sylvan Shemitz	1925	American lighting designer
22	Sylvan Mattingly	1882	Xaverian Brother and teacher
23	Rudy Sylvan	1984	Player of American football
24	Ramon Sylvan	1933	Swedish actor
25	Johnny Sylvan
26	Torsten Sylvan	1895	Equestrian
27	Rudieon Sylvan	1979
28	Sylvan Wittwer	1917	Agronomist
29	Kaj Sylvan	1923	Danish canoeist
30	Elsa Sylvan	1987	Swedish model
31	Sylvan Beré	1913	Swedish singer
32	Bo Sylvan	1931
33	Sylvan Edwards
34	Daisy Sylvan
35	Ove Sylvan	1881
36	Johan Sylvan	1960
37	Blenda Sylvan	1867
38	Hakon Sylvan	1883	Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden
39	Fredrik Sylvan	1884
40	Category:Johan Sylvan
41	Peter Sylvan	1848
42	Fredrique Sylvan	1808