Szilveszter is a Hungarian masculine given name and surname, an equivalent of
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 ...
, which means "wooded" or "wild".
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Szilveszter Csollány (1970–2022), Hungarian gymnast
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Szilveszter Fekete (born 1955), Hungarian water polo coach
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Szilveszter Hangya (born 1994), Hungarian footballer
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Sylvester Levay
Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian language, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, ''Silvester Levai'') is a Hungarian people, Hungarian recording artist and composer, born in Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
Life and career
Levay ...
(born Lévay Szilveszter, 1945), Hungarian recording artist and composer
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Szilveszter Matuska
Szilveszter Matuska (29 January 1892 – disappeared c. 1945) was a Hungarian mass murderer and mechanical engineer who made two successful and at least two unsuccessful attempts to derail passenger trains in Hungary, Germany and Austria in 1930 ...
(1892–after 1944), Hungarian mass murderer and mechanical engineer
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Szilveszter E. Vizi (born 1936), Hungarian physician, neuroscientist, pharmacologist and professor
Surname
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Ferenc Szilveszter (born 1971), Hungarian footballer
References
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Masculine given names
Hungarian masculine given names
Hungarian-language surnames
Surnames of Hungarian origin