Silvèr

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Silvèr is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Contraction of Latin Silvester, cognate with English Sylvester.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 15K
  • USUnited States1 in 15K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

22,052 people, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
461 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Moldova, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SilvèrLatin(measured from records)
실버Hangul(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Silver in US United States, AU Australia, GB United Kingdom and 2 more.

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)

Contraction of Latin Silvester, cognate with English Sylvester.

Sources 6

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Silvèr 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.

Where Silvèr is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States22,0521 in 15K22KSilver461
GB United Kingdom≈6,300 est.≈1 in 10K5Silver216
CA Canada≈3,300 est.≈1 in 11K1Silver193
IT Italy≈2,100 est.≈1 in 30K2—30
AU Australia≈1,700 est.≈1 in 15K—Silver151
MD Moldova≈560 est.≈1 in 6K1—5
NZ New Zealand≈470 est.≈1 in 10K—Silver49
IS Iceland≈42 est.≈1 in 8.3K1——

22,052 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); e-services.md — living population register; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Silvèr is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Somalia, Australia

    Also written Silver, Sïlver, Sìlvér, Ṥỉḻvḙr, Sįlvêř

  • French given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Gabon, United States, Mexico, Spain

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Silver, Sil'Ver, Silvër, Śilver, Sîlvêr

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Silvèr under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Silvèr mean, and where does it come from?
Contraction of Latin Silvester, cognate with English Sylvester. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung and 4 other sources.
Is Silvèr a male or female name?
Silvèr is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Silvèr have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 22 thousand people named Silvèr, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled silver.
How common is the name Silvèr?
In the United States, the national register counted 22,052 people named Silvèr in 2010, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.

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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, “Silvèr”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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