Silvestre Family History
Silvestre Name Meaning
Galician and Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Silvestre in Pontevedra and Badajoz. Catalan French (Occitan) and Spanish: from the personal name Silvestre (see Sylvester ). Spanish and Portuguese: nickname from silvestre ‘wild rustic’. Altered form of French Sylvestre .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022