Given name
Sibil
“a prophetess; a seer”
Sibil is a variant of Sibyl. One English interpretation is “a prophetess; a seer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sibil is a variant of Sibyl. One English interpretation is “a prophetess; a seer.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sibil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sibil’s family of names
Sibil has a related form in Sibyl. In English usage, Sibil has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Сибил.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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