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Forename Sylvain

Around the world, Sylvain (Sylvain France Democratic Republic of the Congo Canada Cameroon Ivory Coast, Сильвен Russia Ukraine, سيلفان) is a widespread masculine forename. The first name Sylvain is characteristic of France, where it is a common male name, Cameroon, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Canada (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in France, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Canada. Much less frequently, Sylvain is the last name as well as the forename.

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Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Sylvain

name סילבן, name סילבנו, name Силвано, name Сільвен, name Silvan, name Сильвано, name Silvanus, name Сильвен, name Silvain, name Sylvaîn, name Silvanio, name Силванус, name سيلوان, name Сильван, name Сылваин, name Силвен, name Silvano, name 希凡, name Силван, name Sylvan, name Sylwan, name シルバン, name Sylvain, name Силуан
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Sylvain Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Canada
Сильвен Ukraine, Russia

First name Sylvain in the context

Sylvain is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sylvain Van Genechten ; Father Sylvain , the fictional character from Monkeys, Go Home!; Sylvain Geens ; Sylvain , the operatic character in the opera Les dragons de Villars and Sylvain Desjardins , character in Caméra Café.

Notable namesakes

picture of sylvain de toulouse sylvain de toulouse sylvain de toulouse French saint, FR (b. 650) link
picture of sylvain leroy sylvain leroy sylvain leroy French philosopher, FR (b. 1632) link
sylvain pérussault FR (b. 1679) link
picture of sylvain maréchal sylvain maréchal sylvain maréchal French writer and philosopher (1750-1803), FR (b. 1750) link
sylvain ballot de sauvot French playwright (1703-1760), FR (b. 1703) link
picture of sylvain charles valée sylvain charles valée sylvain charles valée Marshal of France (1773-1846), FR (b. 1773) link
sylvain yvernault French politician (1740-1806), FR (b. 1740) link
sylvain meinrad xavier de golbéry French librarian (1742-1822), FR (b. 1742) link
sylvain bienvenuat French politician, FR (b. 1743) link
sylvain codet French politician, FR (b. 1743) link
sylvain pépin French politician, FR (b. 1746) link
sylvain françois desbordes French soldier and officer (1747-1817), FR (b. 1747) link
picture of sylvain van de weyer sylvain van de weyer sylvain van de weyer Belgian politician (1802-1874), BE (b. 1802) link
sylvain-denis houdan deslandes French military personnel, FR (b. 1754) link
picture of sylvain guizard sylvain guizard sylvain guizard French politician, FR (b. 1806) link

Characteristic surnames

Roy, Mercier, Bernard, Boucher, Poirier, Richard, Garnier, Laurent, Lambert, Leclerc, Thomas, Leblanc, Marchand, Bertrand, Bergeron, Bouchard, Rousseau, Gauthier, Lefebvre, Tremblay, Fournier, Lefevre, Lavoie, Girard, Gagnon, Cote, Roux, Morel, Morin, Caron, Petit, Denis, David, Leroy, Martin, Martel, Masson, Moreau, Michel, Robert, Durand, Dumont, Dubois, Dupont, Dufour, Garcia, Chevalier, and Pelletier