Given name
Sibylla
“a prophetess; a seer”
Sibylla is a variant of Sibyl. One English interpretation is “a prophetess; a seer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sibylla 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 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sibylla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 0 boys · 57 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 12 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2007.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sibylla’s family of names
Sibylla has a related form in Sibyl. In Swedish usage, Sibylla has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sibyl. In German usage, Sibylla has a related form in SIBYLLE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sibylla has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sibylla
- Sibylla of AnhaltDuchess consort of Württemberg.1564–1614
- Sibylla of ConversanoDuchess of Normandy1085–1103
- Sibylla of CyprusArmenian queen1198–1230
- Sibylle Elisabeth of WürttembergGerman princess1584–1606
- Sibylla SchwarzGerman poet1621–1638
- Sibylla DeenAustralian actorborn 1982
- Sibylla BuddAustralian actressborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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