| [ syll. sil-van, si-lv-an ] The boy name Silvan is pronounced as SIHLVahN KEY. Silvan is mainly used in the German and Slavic languages, and it is of Latin origin. Silvan is a variant form of the English name Silas. Silvan is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2007, among the group of boy names directly linked to Silvan, the English Silas was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Silvan include the French Silvain, the French Sylvain, the Italian Silvano, and the English and Irish Sullivan. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Silvan: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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