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Do you have a positive or negative impression of the name Sylvester? Would you consider using it?
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I wouldn't use it because it isn't my style. It is too close to Sylvia, which I prefer for a girl.I don't have a negative impression though at all.
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I love it. I do have associations with the looney tunes cat, but I'd use it if some other names could not be used. I'd probably use Sylvan before Sylvester, just because of Looney Tunes.
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I have a neutral impression of Sylvester. I've never actually known anybody by this name, but gosh, I'd love to meet one! I think it's a great name and would consider using it, although there are lots of names that I like more than it, so unless I had like 50 kids . . .:P
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Too much cat for me to take it seriously. I *like* Sylvester, but a kid with this name is bound to have problems.
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More negative than positive, because it's one of those names that give a "silly" vibe. And I can't imagine it on a real person.
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Positive!I was just musing about this name the other day - as in wondering, which name would be less scarring on a child, Casper or Sylvester?Sylvester has massive hipster appeal I think. I am really warming to it immensely. Yeah, it's the name of a cartoon cat - but then I am apparently all over the cartoon character names: Archie, Clifford, Waldo, Casper, I love all of those. PLUS, Felix is a cat's name, and that one is becoming cool, so why not Sylvester?I heart Sylvester, it's official. I'd totally use it.
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My friends used to tease me by calling me Sylvester (my name is Sylvia)...and I always just thought it was funny. It doesn't seem like a serious name to me.
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O.T.I love your beautiful Christmas card!
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Sufferin' Succotash!It only makes me think of the cartoon character. I can't really say it's a specifically positive or negative image, but I don't like the sound of it on a real person.
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Agree.+It's all cat to me.
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I love Sylvester and the nickname Sly is a guilty pleasure. I especially love the meaning of Sylvester. I would consider it if my partner really loved it, but it's not high enough on my list to use.
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I love Sylvester / Silvester -- the name's etymological connection to forests cements my fondness for the name.
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I think it's great, although I prefer the spelling Silvester. I'd consider it as a middle name, especially if I was using George, which it seems to go rather nicely with.
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Ooh, George Silvester is wonderful!
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Negative as for using it since when I hear it I think of Stallone or the cartoon cat.
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I think of Sylvester the cat and Tweety Bird in the cartoon series. It would make a grand mn, though.
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Good meaning, and it would work well as a mn; however, it shortens so easily to Silly (or, as with Stallone, to Sly) that it seems best to avoid it for actual everyday use.
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