Sibyl

Where Sibyl comes from

Latin Sibylla, Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla, “sibyl”), name of ancient Greek prophetesses.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sibyl
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1864
    Sibyl Sanderson born
    American operatic soprano
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1919
    Peak, #375
    299 babies named Sibyl — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1922
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #678.
  5. 1972
    Sibyl Buck born
    American model and musician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Sibyl Sanderson · American operatic soprano, 1864–1903
  • Sibyl Buck · American model and musician, born 1972
  • Sibyl Moholy-Nagy · German-Hungarian American art historian, 1903–1971
  • Sibyl Mary Hathaway · Dame of Sark from 1927 until her death, 1884–1974
  • Sibyl M. Rock · pioneer in mass spectrometry and computing, 1909–1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.