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
Nora (name) Nora (name) Nora or Norah is an Italian, German, English, Irish, Albanian, Scandinavian, Arabic, and Baltic feminine personal name. It mainly originates as a short form of "Honora" (also "Honoria"), a common Anglo-Norman name, ultimately derived from the Latin word "Honor" (with that meaning). In Hungary, the name Nóra originates as a short form of "Eleonóra" or "Eleanor". It is similar to the Arabic name Noor, meaning "fire, light, heat" amongst others. The Irish Nóra is likewise probably an Irish form of "Honora". A diminutive form of "Nóra" is "Nóirin"; this name has numerous Anglicised forms, such as: "Noreen", "Norene",