Syl is a given name, typically but not always a shortened form of Sylvia,

Sylvester Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a ...

Sylvain Sylvain is the French form of Silvanus. It may refer to: People *Sylvain Lancelot (born 2005), Valorant professional *Sylvain Archambault (born 1963), Canadian director * Sylvain Bied (1965–2011), French footballer and manager *Sylvain Cappell ...

, and Sylvanus. Notable people with the name include: *

Syl Anderton Sylvanus Anderton, better known as Syl Anderton, (1907–1983) was a British motorcycle dealer and Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Syl and his brother James Anderton founded Anderton Bros. Motor Cycles Ltd. in Bolton, Lancashire in 1935."Motor Cyc ...

, British motorcycle dealer and racer *

Syl Apps Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps (January 18, 1915 – December 24, 1998), was a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1936 to 1948, an Olympic pole vaulter and a Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament in ...

(1915–1998), Canadian pole vaulter and hockey player * Syl Apps, Jr. (born 1947), Canadian hockey player *

Syl Apps III Sylvanus Marshall Apps III (born June 2, 1976) is an American former professional minor league ice hockey player, the grandson of Toronto Maple Leafs captain Syl Apps and the son of Pittsburgh Penguins player Syl Apps Jr. Playing career As a te ...

(born 1976), American hockey player *

Syl Cheney-Coker Syl Cheney-Coker (born 28 June 1945)R. Victoria Arana"Cheney-Coker, Syl" in ''Encyclopedia of World Poetry'', Infobase Learning, 2015. is a poet, novelist, and journalist from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Educated in the United States, he has a glob ...

(born 1945), Sierra Leonean poet, novelist, and journalist *

Syl Johnson Sylvester Johnson (born Sylvester Thompson; July 1, 1936 – February 6, 2022) was an American blues and soul singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. His most successful records included "Different Strokes" (1967), " Is It Because I' ...

(born 1936), American blues and soul singer *

Syl Johnson (baseball) Sylvester W. Johnson, ''né'' Sylvester Johnson (December 31, 1900 – February 20, 1985) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Johnson's career lasted from 1922 to 1940 and he played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Red ...

(1900–1985), American baseball pitcher *

Syl Simon Sylvester Adam Simon (December 14, 1897 – February 28, 1973) was an American professional baseball player for the St. Louis Browns in 1923 and 1924. He was an infielder, playing at both shortstop and third base. For his career he hit for a .24 ...

(1897–1973), American baseball player

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DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

Sylheti language Sylheti (Sylheti Nagri: , ''síloṭi'', ; , ''sileṭi'', ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, Barak Valley of Assam, and northern parts o ...

(ISO 639-3 code)

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