Sly - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Sly \s-ly\ is a variant of Sylvester (Latin), and the meaning of Sly is "wooded".

The baby name Sly sounds like Sal, Sol, Seely, Sela, Sill and Sully. Other similar baby names are Aly, Bly, Ely and Sky.

Sly is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#9630 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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