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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as two syllables : Hindu (Maratha) name, from Marathi sụla ‘pointed tooth’, from Sanskrit šūla ‘spike’, ‘spear’.
  • Hungarian : from a pet form of the personal name Szilveszter (see Sylvester).

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