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 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 version of the Aramaic "Seila," a version of the Hebrew "Saul". The Latin name "Silvanus" may be derived from pre-Roman Italian languages.
Danish - Silas
Dutch - Silas
English - Silas, Sylas Si, Sy
French - Sylvain
German - Silvan
Italian - Silvano
Silas, a 1st-century leading figure among the early Christian community in Jerusalem
Silas (Portuguese footballer), real name Jorge Fernandes
Paul Silas, American professional basketball player and coach
Paulo Silas, a Brazilian footballer
Silas Feitosa Jose De Souza, a Brazilian footballer
Silas Tertius Rand Bill, Canadian politician
Silas Deane, delegate to the American Continental Congress
Silas Soule, American abolitionist
Mar Shila (Silas) (fl. 503–520), Catholicos Patriarch of the Church of the East
Silas, pen name of cartoonist Winsor McCay when working on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
Sid'Ahmed Sidati Malainine, a Sahrawi-Spanish footballer
Silas Randall Timberlake, son of Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel
Silas Weir Mitchell (actor), American character actor
Xavier Silas, American basketball player
Silas, a fictional character in the novel The Da Vinci Code
King Silas Benjamin, a fictional character, played by Ian McShane from the television series Kings
Silas, a fictional character in the novel The Graveyard Book
The book and character Silas Marner
Fictional character in the novel Uncle Silas written by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Silas Botwin is a main character in the popular Showtime series Weeds
Silas is a character of the novels of Cecil Bødker. The Silas novels were also adapted into a German TV series for ZDF in 1981.
Silas Blissett, a fictional character in Hollyoaks, played by Jeff Rawle
Silas and the Winterbottoms, a novel by Stephen M. Giles.
Silas Thatcher, a supporting antagonist in the 2012 video game Assassin's Creed III
Silas, (A.K.A. Colonel Leland Bishop) a character from Transformers: Prime.
Silas, a fictional character in a hit CW TV series The Vampire Diaries, the first immortal being on earth, he's the major antagonist in seasons 4 and 5
Silas Greenback (Danger Mouse)
Silas, a snow leopard that helps Sedna battle the forces of evil from the demigod game.
Silas, a character in the book Agents of the Glass: A New Recruit by Michael D. Beil.
