Silas (name) The Latin name "Silvanus" may be derived from pre-Roman Italian languages. Silas (name) Silas is a common given name and a lesser-known surname. It is a cognate of Silvanus. Silas 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
Prosser (name) Prosser (name) Prosser is an English-language surname, derived from a Welsh-language patronym. The English-language surname "Prosser" is considered to be a Welsh surname. The name originated as an Anglicisation of the Welsh-language "ap Rhosier", or "ap Rosser", both meaning "son of Roger". The English-language personal name "Roger" is derived from the Old French personal name "Roger", "Rogier". This personal name is of Germanic origin, derived from the elements "hrōd" ("fame") and "gār", "gēr" ("spear"). The Old French name was adopted by the Normans, and was introduced into Britain by them in the Middle Ages (replacing the Old English cognate "Hrōðgār").