English translation/equivalent: Silvano

Origin: Derived from the Latin silvanus (name of an ancient Roman goddess of the forests and sheep herds), taken taken from silva, "forest, woods," and means "inhabitant of the forest."

Name Day/Onomastico: September 22—in honor of St. Silvano of Levroux.

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