Given name & surname
Sibley
“a prophetess; a seer”
Sibley is a variant of Sibyl. One English interpretation is “a prophetess; a seer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sibley 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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sibley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 18 boys · 117 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −87%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020; 8,899 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sibley
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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