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Re: Sylvania as a male first name?

by Lu (guest)

4/23/2002, 12:11 AM

Perhaps it's a form of the Latin name Silvanus? The name can be found in this database.

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- Daividh (guest)

4/23/2002, 9:49 PM

Accurate derivation, but "Sylvania" proper would mean "forested country", as in Pennsylvania = "Penn's woods"

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