Sibyl
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning prophetess or oracle.
Sibyl by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Sibyl. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 299 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sibyl. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Sibyl
Names that are said the same way as Sibyl, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Sibyl, 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 Sibyl
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