Syl

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Syl is a given name, typically but not always a shortened form of Sylvia, Sylvester, Sylvain, and Sylvanus. Notable people with the name include:

• Syl Anderton, British motorcycle dealer and racer
• Syl Apps (1915–1998), Canadian pole vaulter and hockey player
• Syl Apps, Jr. (born 1947), Canadian hockey player
• Syl Apps III (born 1976), American hockey player
• Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945), Sierra Leonean poet, novelist, and journalist
• Syl Johnson (born 1936), American blues and soul singer
• Syl Johnson (baseball) (1900–1985), American baseball pitcher
• Syl Simon (1897–1973), American baseball player