Given name
Sybella
“a prophetess; a seer”
Sybella is a variant of Sibyl. One English interpretation is “a prophetess; a seer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sybella 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 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sybella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 231
- 0 boys · 231 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sybella’s family of names
Sybella has a related form in Sibyl.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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