Sylvan Family History
Sylvan Name Meaning
Swedish: ornamental name derived from the Latin adjective silvanus ‘pertaining to a wood or forest’ (a derivative of silva ‘forest wood’) used as a translation of the Swedish name element skog ‘forest’. West Indian (Trinidad and Tobago Grenada): from the personal name Sylvan from Latin Silvanus (see Sylvain ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022