Calvester
Latin · Boy · 3 syllables
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About the name Calvester
The name 'Calvester' is a modern American coinage, likely a variant of 'Silvester' or 'Sylvester', meaning "of the forest" or "wooded" from the Latin *silva* (forest).
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Etymology
The name 'Calvester' is a modern American coinage, likely a variant of 'Silvester' or 'Sylvester', meaning "of the forest" or "wooded" from the Latin *silva* (forest). It is used primarily in African American and broader American naming traditions, with no notable historical or religious significance beyond its derivation from the Latin name Sylvester, associated with Pope Sylvester I in Christianity.
Calvester currently ranks #3,723 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1935.
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