Throughout the world, Silvester (Silvester 
, سلفستر 
, Сильвестр 
) is a common principally masculine, but very infrequently feminine given name. The forename Silvester is habitual in Tanzania, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine name, Slovenia, where it is quite a rare male name, and Albania. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Tanzania, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Likewise, Silvester is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Silvester | Tanzania, Kenya, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Indonesia |
| سلفستر | Sudan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt |
| Сильвестр | Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine |
| Силвестер | Russia |
Silvester is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sylvester Pemberton , the fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe, Absolute Justice and Sylvester Koetsier , character in Goede tijden, slechte tijden.
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silvester i 33rd pope and saint (reigned 314-335), IT (b. 300) |
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silvester pp. iii pope, IT (b. 1000) |
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| silvester of troina Italian saint, IT (b. 1110) |
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| silvester de everdon Bishop of Carlisle; Lord Chancellor, GB (b. 1200) |
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| silvester of valdiseve Italian saint (b. 1288) |
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| silvester pflieger German provost, DE (b. 1400) |
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| silvester stodewescher German theologian, DE (b. 1500) |
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| silvester von schaumberg DE (b. 1500) |
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| silvester sedborough politician (b. 1510) |
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| silvester jourdain Jourdain [Jourdan], Silvester (bap. 1565, d. 1650?), merchant (b. 1565) |
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| silvester taubman Peerage person ID=341751 (b. 1570) |
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| silvester petra sancta Italian Jesuit and heraldist, IT (b. 1590) |
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| silvester hiller (1592-1663), CH (b. 1592) |
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| silvester jakob freiherr von danckelman (b. 1601) |
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| silvester braunschweig (b. 1634) |
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