Sylwester

New Year's Eve is a male first name. Another spelling of the name is Sylvester.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

• Latin: the woods to which belong

Or forest dwellers

Name-day

• December 31, see also: New Year's Eve

Well-known bearers of the name

• Pope Sylvester I ( 314-335 )
• Pope Sylvester II ( Gerbert of Aurillac, ca 950-1003, 999-1003 Pope )
• Pope Sylvester III. ( 1045)
• Pope Sylvester IV (1105-1111), anti-pope

• Sylvester Stallone ( born 1946 ), American actor, director and screenwriter
• New Year's Eve Guzzolini (13th century ), Italian saint

Variants

• Sylvester (English)
• Silvestre ( French, Spanish)
• Silvestro ( Italian, esperantisch )
• Sylwester ( Polish)
• Szilveszter ( Hungarian)

• Male first name