Silvan
loc · Latin script
Meaning: männl. Vom. lateinischen Ursprungs, der auf Silvanus, den Namen des altrömi schen Gottes des Waldes, des Feldes und der
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/s̪iʎvan̪/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Silvan is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- SISlovenia1 in 14K
- ALAlbania1 in 46K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Silvan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 144 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Switzerland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sylvain in US United States, CH Switzerland and Silván in DE Germany.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
männl. Vom. lateinischen Ursprungs, der auf Silvanus, den Namen des altrömi schen Gottes des Waldes, des Feldes und der
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Silvan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 10 | Sylvain | 93 |
| BR Brazil | 3,933 | 1 in 54K | 4.3K | Silvan | 67 |
| DE Germany | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 67K | — | Silván | 111 |
| US United States | 1,002as Sylvain | 1 in 332K | 2.4K | Sylvain | 144 |
| NL Netherlands | 418as Sylvain | 1 in 41K | 852 | — | 32 |
| SI Slovenia | 152 | 1 in 14K | 152 | — | 5 |
| AL Albania | 67 | 1 in 46K | 60 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | 16 | 1 in 47K | 26 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); SURS — resident population given names; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Silvan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Romanian, gr. Et.Aciuocv6q < lat. Siivanus, zeul padurilor. 1.. Siluan (Dm ; Sd XXII) ; eg. (Bis R) zis si Siloan. 2. Siloan zis si Silioan, v. Vasile ; Siloian mon (P. Gov f° 28). 3. Silion, v. si Vasile VII 2. 4. Silvan In calendarul modern.
as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc
In Italian, redução dialetal set. de Silvano
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In French, Variante de Sylvain, du latin silva « forêt ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Forme de Sylvain, du latin *silva* « forêt ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In Russian, var of Sil'van.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Daniel Silvan Evansb. 1818GBWelsh scholar and lexicographer (1818–1903)
- Silvan Tomkinsb. 1911USAmerican psychologist (1911-1991)
- Silvan S. Schweberb. 1928USAmerican physicist (1928-2017)
- Silvan Shalomb. 1958ILIsraeli politician
- Silvan-Pierre Leirichb. 1960DEGerman actor
- Silvan Aegerterb. 1980CHSwiss footballer
- Silvan Dillierb. 1990CHSwiss cyclist
- Silvan Widmerb. 1993CHSwiss association football player
- Silvan Heftib. 1997CHSwiss association football player
- Silvan Sidlerb. 1998CHSwiss association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 72 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 387 | #56,914 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 379 | #54,418 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 291 | #64,008 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 10 | #60,931 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Silvan mean?
- Recorded meaning: männl. Vom. lateinischen Ursprungs, der auf Silvanus, den Namen des altrömi schen Gottes des Waldes, des Feldes und der
- In which country does Silvan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.0 thousand people named Silvan in Switzerland, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sylvain.
- How common is the name Silvan?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 3,933 people named Silvan in 2022, about 1 in 54 thousand residents.
- How do you pronounce Silvan?
- A machine transcription gives /s̪iʎvan̪/ (IPA) for Turkish.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/silvanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Silvan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.