Sylvester

Can you get past the Stallone connotation with [name]Sylvester[/name]? What kind of names would you pair with [name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] in a sibset?

Personally I have a bigger connection between [name]Sylvester[/name] and Tweety in my mind, though that’s a non-issue in my opinion. I think [name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] is lovely :slight_smile: I’d probably pair it with:

[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Edmund[/name] [name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Mercer[/name] [name]Adam[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Merritt[/name] [name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Ambrose[/name] [name]Jack[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]August[/name] [name]Matthew[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Cornelius[/name] [name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Henry[/name] [name]William[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Clement[/name] [name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Sinclair[/name] [name]Henry[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Simon[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Julius[/name] [name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Lucius[/name] [name]Noah[/name]

[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Cordelia[/name] [name]Mary[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Jean[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Lucinda[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Aurelia[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Virginia[/name] [name]Eve[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Elodie[/name] [name]Martha[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Prudence[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Penelope[/name] [name]Anna[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Clementine[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Veronica[/name] [name]June[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Susanna[/name] [name]May[/name]

I absoultely adore [name]Sylvester[/name]! I’m so glad someone else likes it! I don’t even think of Stallone.

[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] and [name]Asa[/name] [name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] and [name]Edward[/name] [name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] and [name]Oscar[/name] [name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] and [name]Ambrose[/name] [name]William[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name] and [name]Cassius[/name] [name]Frederick[/name]

I think of [name]Sylvester[/name] as a cartoon villain name. It would be really difficult to wear.

I can’t get past the [name]Sylvester[/name] and Tweety connotation. I just feeling like shlobbering the name. :confused:

I like it. But avoid [name]Felix[/name] for the cartoon cat reference!

I adore [name]Sylvester[/name] and it’s so great to see other people who like it! I think of nature (from the meaning “from the forest” and the connection to [name]Sylvan[/name] and so on) before anything else. It’s such a handsome name!

For brothers, I’d do something like:

[name]Alastair[/name]/[name]Alistair[/name]
[name]Byron[/name]
[name]Conrad[/name]
[name]Cyrus[/name]
[name]Dorian[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Lewis[/name]
Mile
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Warren[/name]

Thank you so much for your comments. I really like [name]Sylvester[/name], but I feel like I would have to be a little more daring than I normally would be in my style to use it!

I really love suggestions of pairing it with these: [name]Alvin[/name], [name]Bertram[/name], [name]Herbert[/name], [name]Melvin[/name], [name]Albert[/name], [name]Bertram[/name], [name]Conrad[/name], [name]Ernest[/name], [name]Harold[/name], [name]Miles[/name].

What do you guys think of a sibset of [name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name], [name]Konrad[/name] [name]William[/name] and [name]Alma[/name] [name]Paulina[/name]?

I like [name]Konrad[/name] [name]William[/name] with [name]Alma[/name]. Not so much [name]Sylvester[/name]. Rhymes with molester… I agree that it sounds villainous, like a Snidely Whiplash type, twisting his moustache while the damsel in distress writhes on the train tracks.
[name]Alvin[/name] feels really fresh and unexpected, but it’s a bit close to [name]Alma[/name].
I love [name]Bertram[/name], though it risks sounding a bit …buttoned-up or something. It means “bright raven!” Ooh la la.

I like the idea of [name]Sylvester[/name] as a name but in [name]German[/name] it refers to New Years [name]Eve[/name]. So between that, [name]Sylvester[/name] Stallone, and [name]Sylvester[/name] the cat it would be a no-go for me.

I do however think that [name]Sylvester[/name] [name]James[/name], [name]Konrad[/name] [name]William[/name] and [name]Alma[/name] [name]Paulina[/name] make a handsome sib-set.