I like it. I can picture it fitting in fine among kids named things like
Sebastian and
Gratian and
Lucian.
Sylvain would seem super-French here (try-hard and difficult, on someone who didn't speak French) but Sylvan does not. Sylvan's about as much a poetic word as
Trinity or
Constance is, so I don't think something like Sylvan Learning Center wrecks it at all. IMO, things like that only bother people when a name is just a name on paper, and stop when they meet a real person with a name.
I like Silvan and it looks more
Roman. But Sylvan seems more conventional... dunno. I guess if I were a man with the name, I'd rather be Silvan.
- mirfakThis message was edited 6/10/2015, 9:21 AM