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, and Sylvanus. Notable people with the name include: * Syl Anderton, 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 (born 1976), American hockey player * Syl Cheney-Coker (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 (1897–1973), American baseball player

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* Syl (comics), fictional character from

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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