Sybil

Meaning: Prophetess
Origin: Greek — Variant of Sibyl, from the sibyls, oracles of the ancient world

Girl's name · #1426 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Sybil holds its lane: charted since 1881 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1426 in 2025). About 20,000 girls have carried it along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#780 in Scotland (2025) · #951 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,218 in Canada (2025) · #3,265 in France (2025) · #898 in Ireland (2024) · #2,228 in Sweden (2024) · #22,437 in Italy (2023) · #3,620 in Austria (2019) · #9,591 in Ecuador (2000) · #196 in New Zealand (1934).

Famous Sybils

Sybil Danning — Austrian actress (born 1947)
Sybil Christopher — Welsh actress, theatre director and nightclub proprietor (1929–2013)
Sybil Ludington — American woman (1761–1839)
Sybil Thorndike — British actress (1882–1976)
Sybil Bauer — American swimmer (1903–1927)

In stories & tradition

Sybil Fawlty — Fictional character from Fawlty Towers
Sybil Ramkin^nl — Discworld (novel series)
Sybil Dorsett — Title character in the "Sybil" book and films

What Sybils become

Among 121 notable people named Sybil:

Entertainers appear 2.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sybil Danning, Austrian actress (born 1947).

Similar names: Althea · Shirley · Roslyn · Jewel · Odessa · Lenore

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