Any one know the origins and meaning of the surname Sillett?

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Any one know the origins and meaning of the surname Sillett?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: From Surname DB: this is an English surname.

Recorded as Sill, Sille, the diminutives Sillet, Sillett, Sillitt, Sylett, Syliot, the patronymics Sills and Sillson, and the job descriptive Siller and Syler. Also, a form of the French Silvester.

A fast check at Ancestry doesn't show Sillett in the USA census, but there are several hundred in the UK censuses. Immigration indexes do show most Sillett from England and Ireland.

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