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Silvain - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Silvain
 
 



[ syll. sil-vai(n), si-lva-in ] The boy name Silvain is pronounced as SIHLVVEYN KEY. Silvain is used mostly in French and its language of origin is Latin. Silvain is a form of the English name Silas.

Silvain is an uncommon baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2007, among the family of boy names directly related to Silvain, the English Silas was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Silvain include the German and Slavic Silvan, the French Sylvain, the Italian Silvano, and the English and Irish Sullivan.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Silvain: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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