Silas (name)
| Pronunciation | /ˈsaɪləs/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | derived from Saul hebrew meaning = "the youngest" Transcription to Late Latin Silas, from Greek Σίλας Silas, from Aramaic |
| Region of origin | Greek |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Sylvanus, Silvanus, Sylvain (French), Silvan (Dutch, German), Silvano (Italian) |
Silas is a common given name and a lesser-known surname. It is a cognate of Silvanus
Etymology[]
As a name today comes from the early Christian disciple Silas. He is consistently called "Silas" in Acts, but the Latin Silvanus, which means "of the forest," is always used by Paul and in the First Epistle of Peter; it is likely that "Silvanus" is the Romanized version of the original "Silas," or that "Silas" is the Greek nickname for "Silvanus." It has been suggested that Silas is the Greek version of the Aramaic "Seila," a version of the Hebrew "Saul".[1][2][3] The Latin name "Silvanus" may be derived from pre-Roman Italian languages.
Variants[]
- Danish - Silas
- Dutch - Silas
- English - Silas, Sylas Si, Sy
- French - Sylvain
- German - Silas, Silvan
- Italian - Silvano
People[]
Given name[]
- Silas, a 1st-century leading figure among the early Christian community in Jerusalem
- Silas (Portuguese footballer) (born 1976), real name Jorge Fernandes
- Silas Tertius Rand Bill (1842–1890), Canadian politician
- Silas Chou (born 1946), Hong Kong billionaire
- Silas Farley, American ballet dancer, choreographer and educator
- Silas Feitosa José De Souza (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Silas Deane (1738–1789), colonial American politician and diplomat
- Silas G. Harris (c. 1818–1851), American politician
- Silas M. Holmes, American politician
- Silas House (born 1971), American author
- Silas Weir Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
- Silas Katompa Mvumpa (born 1998), DR Congolese footballer
- Silas Wright Porter (1857–1937), American judge
- Silas Soule (1838–1865), American abolitionist
- Silas A. Wade (1797–1869), American politician
- Silas, pen name of cartoonist Winsor McCay when working on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend'
Surname[]
- (Silas) (fl. 503–520), Catholicos Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Paul Silas (born 1943), American professional basketball player and coach
- Paulo Silas (born 1965), Brazilian footballer
- Stephen Silas (born 1973), American professional basketball coach (Paul Silas' son)
- Xavier Silas (born 1988), American basketball player
Fictional characters[]
- Silas Crow (Ermineskin), in the movie Dance Me Outside based on the book of short stories of the same title by W.P. Kinsella
- Silas Adams, the intelligent, laconic henchman of Al Swearengen in the HBO series Deadwood
- Silas Briarwood, from the D&D livestream Critical Role
- Silas P. Silas, played by Method Man in the stoner comedy How High
- Silas, in the novel The Da Vinci Code
- King Silas Benjamin, played by Ian McShane from the American television series Kings
- Silas, in the novel The Graveyard Book
- The book and character Silas Marner
- The novel and character Uncle Silas
- Silas Botwin, in the Showtime series Weeds
- Silas, from the novels of Cecil Bødker, also adapted into a German TV series for ZDF in 1981
- Silas Blissett, in British TV soap Hollyoaks, played by Jeff Rawle
- Silas Lynch, in 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, played by George Siegmann
- Silas and the Winterbottoms, a novel by Stephen M. Giles
- Silas Thatcher, a supporting antagonist in the 2012 video game Assassin's Creed III
- Silas, (A.K.A. Colonel Leland Bishop), one of the antagonists from Transformers: Prime
- Silas, in American TV series The Vampire Diaries
- Silas, portrayed by Nicholas Hoult in the 2015 film Equals
- Silas, a playable character from the Fire Emblem game series
- Silas Greaves, bounty hunter and protagonist of Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
- Silas Greenback, primary antagonist in the British TV series Danger Mouse
- Silas, in American TV series The Walking Dead: World Beyond
- Silas, in the Brazilian Netflix series 3%
- Silas Heap, in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
- Silas Stone, in DC comics
References[]
- ^ Fitzmyer, Joseph J. (1998). The Anchor Bible: The Acts of the Apostles. New York: Doubleday. p. 564. ISBN 0-385-49020-8.
- ^ Cheyne, Thomas Kelly; Black, John Sutherland (1903). Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archæology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible, Volume 4. Toronto: George N Morang & Company Ltd. pp. 4514–4521.
- ^ Smith, Barry D. "1st Letter To The Thessalonians". www.mycrandall.ca. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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