Cybil

Where Cybil comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cybil.

  • Ancient Greek
Cybil through the years
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #7,995 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Peak, #1,877
    48 babies named Cybil, the most in any year.
  3. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,267.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek. A 20th century spelling variant of Sybil.
Namesakes

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