home > boy names > sileno

Sileno - Origin and Meaning of the name


[ syll. si-le-no, sil-eno ] The boy name Sileno is pronounced as SAYLEHNow KEY. Sileno is a Spanish name of Old Greek origin. Silenos (Old Greek) and Silenus (Old Greek) are older forms of the name. The name appeared in Greek mythology, as the Sileni or Ipotanes who were followers of the god Dionysus.

Sileno is uncommon as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Sileno include Salaman (Hungarian), Salamen (Polish), Salamon (Hungarian), Salamone (Italian), Salamun (Czech), Salomão (Portuguese), Salomo (German and Scandinavian), Salomon (Finnish, French, German, Polish, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish), Salomón (Spanish), Selewyn (English), Selino (Italian), Silino (Italian), Solaiman (Arabic), Soloman (English), Solomon (English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic), Sulaiman (Arabic), Sulayman (Arabic), Suleiman (Arabic), Süleyman (Arabic and Turkish), and Celino (Italian and Spanish).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Sileno: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
Popularity Trend
for Sileno
from 1900 to 2008
Variant Popularity Chart
for Sileno
in 2008
 

Meaning of Sileno