Cybil
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning prophetess; a form of Sibyl.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Cybil by the numbers
Cybil was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 48 babies in 1975, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cybil. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cybil
Names that are said the same way as Cybil, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Cybil, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cybil
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