Sybil
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning prophetess or oracle.
Sybil by the numbers
In 2025, 37 babies in England and Wales were named Sybil. In the US, 108 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 541 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sybil. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sabinof the Sabines ancient italian people11 in the US (2017)
- Sibylprophetess or oracle3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Syriavariant of Syra; from the country Syria9 in the US (2017)
- Sibelprophetess; a form of Sibyl5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sabelsword; a form of Sabel or Sabelle5 in the US (2017)
- Sybleprophetess; a form of Sybil
Sounds like Sybil
Names that are said the same way as Sybil, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Cybilprophetess; a form of Sibyl8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Sybil, 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 Sybil
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