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Sibylle
Sibylle is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sibylle comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Sibylla, from Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sibylle’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Sibylle has a short form in PILLE. In German usage, Sibylle shares a linguistic root with the Estonian form Sibülle. In German usage, Sibylle has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sibyl.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sibylle has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
10 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sibylvariant · German, English
- Sybillevariant · German
- Sybillvariant · German
- Sybillavariant · German, Polish
- Sibyllavariant · German
- Sibillavariant · German, Italian
- Pilleshort form · Estonian
- Sibyllvariant · German
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Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sibylle
- Sibylle of ClevesGerman noblewoman (1512-1554)
- Sibylle LewitscharoffGerman author (1954–2023)
- Sibylle Riqueti de MirabeauFrench writer (1850–1932)1849–1932
- Sibylle of SaxonyDuchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (1515-1592)
- Sibylle BergGerman-Swiss writer (born 1962)
- Sibylle BergemannGerman photographer (1941–2010)
- Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg(1629-1671)
- Sibylla of ConversanoDuchess of Normandy1085–1103
- Sibylla of CyprusArmenian queen1198–1230
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