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
Nicola (name) name Andrea. The female form of Nicola in Italian is Nicoletta. Less commonly, the name is spelled "Nichola" or "Nickola". Other forms of the female name in other languages include Nicole or Nicolette in French, "Nikolett" or "Nikoletta" in Hungarian. The spelling Nikola is widely used in Slavic language speaking areas, reflecting the transliteration of the Cyrillic spelling Никола. Nicola (name) Nicola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name "Nikolaos" (Νικόλαος), derived from "Nikos" meaning "victory", and "laos" meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "Victory of the people". The English form of the same name is Nicholas. Nicola