Sibylla
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning prophetess; oracle.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Sibylla by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Sibylla. In the US, 11 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 12 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sibylla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sibellaprophetess; a form of sibyl5 in the US (2017)
- Sabelladevoted to god; a form of isabella62 in the US (2017)
- Sybellaprophetess; a form of Sibyl20 in the US (2017)
- Sibylprophetess or oracle3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skyllarock monster guarding strait of messina6 in the US (2017)
- Scyllaa sea monster in greek mythology5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Sibylla, 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 Sibylla
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