Prophetess
Sybil /sy-bil/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced SIH-bul. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Sybil is prophetess, oracle. Variant of Sibyl. Actress Cybill Shepherd. Sybil is a very prominent first name for females (#693 out of 4276, Top 16%) but an unusual surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. Census). Charted below is the baby name popularity of Sybil for girls. Sybil reached its highest rank of #331 in the U.S. in the 1920s, but is not found in the list currently. Origin of the name Sybil: Derived from the Latin Sibylla (a fortuneteller, a prophetess). The sibyls, women of ancient Greece and Rome, where mouthpieces of the ancient oracles and seers into the future. Sybil Dorsett (real name: Shirley Ardell Mason), American psychiatric patient and commercial artist whose life was documented in 1973 in the book Sybil, which was dramatized in two films of the same name in 1976 and 2007. Sybil is the most common spelling of a name which the ancient Greeks used as the generic word for a prophetess--a woman who claimed to be able to interpret the wishes of the gods through their oracles. The image of the lovely Lady Sybil, tragic youngest daughter of the Crawley family on Downton Abbey is likely to go a long way towards reviving this almost forgotten name, off the list since 1966 and most popular in the 1920's and thirties. Sybil is currently Number 245 on Nameberry; Meaning of Sybil. Greek name. In Greek, the name Sybil means-prophet. Other origins for the name Sybil include-Greek, Irish.The name Sybil is most often used as a girl name or female name. Greek Name Meaning-prophet. Origin-Greece Tweet. [ 2 syll. sy-bil, syb-il ] The baby girl name Sybil is pronounced as S IH B-ahL †. Sybil is an English name of Old Greek origin. It is from the word 'sibyl' which is of the meaning oracle, prophetess. Sibylla (Old Greek) and Sybilla (Old Greek) are older forms of the name. Sybil is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1919, 0.044% of baby girls were named Sybil. It had a ranking of #282 then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is now of infrequent use. Within all girl names in its family, Sybil was nevertheless the most popular in 2012. Origin of the name Sybil: Derived from the Latin Sibylla (a fortuneteller, a prophetess). The sibyls, women of ancient Greece and Rome, where mouthpieces of the ancient oracles and seers into the future. In the Middle Ages, they were believed to be receptors of divine revelation; thus Sibyl came into use as an acceptable given name. Irish Meaning: The name Sybil is an Irish baby name. In Irish the meaning of the name Sybil is: Prophetess. American Meaning: The name Sybil is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Sybil is: Prophetess. Greek Meaning: The name Sybil is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Sybil is: Prophetess; oracle.
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