Given name
Sybilla
Sybilla is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Polish.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sybilla isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sybilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 174
- 0 boys · 174 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 10 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 139 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.
Sybilla’s family of names
In Polish usage, Sybilla has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sibyl. In German usage, Sybilla has a related form in SIBYLLE. In Polish usage, Sybilla has a conventional equivalent in the French form SIBYLLE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sybilla has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Sybilla
- Sybilla of NormandyQueen consort of Scotland1092–1122
- Sybilla Righton MastersAmerican inventor1675–1720
- Princess Sibilla of LuxembourgLuxembourgian princessborn 1968
- Sybilla DekkerDutch politicianborn 1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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