Sybil (given name)
Female given name
Sybil Gender female Word/name Greek Meaning "sibyl " Related names Cybill, Pille, Sibby, Sibil, Sibilia, Sibilla, Sibyl, Sibyll, Sibylle, Sibylla, Sybbie, Sybill, Sybilla, Sybille, Zabel
Sybil or Sibyl is a feminine given name of Greek origin given in reference to the sibyls , oracles of Ancient Greece . It has been in common use in Christian countries since the Middle Ages . Latinate forms of the name in use by 1381 included Sibilla and Sibilia . It was thought suitable as a name for girls by Christians, despite its pagan origins, because the sibyls had delivered messages from a deity and were thought to have been blessed by God with partial understanding of the coming of Jesus Christ .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Downton Abbey [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Sibylle , a French version of the name, is considered a bon chic bon genre upper class French families.[ 8] [ 9]
In Arabic Sibil can be a variant of the Arabic name سبيل in ABC Sabil /Sebil it means Path or road or also fountain [ 10] Arab world .[ 11]
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Sybil Andrews (1898–1992), English-Canadian artist, specialised in printmaking, best known for her modernist linocutsSibyl Anikeef (1896–1997), American photographerSybil Arundale (1879–1965), English stage and film actress, born Sybil KellySybil Atteck (1911–1975), pioneering Trinidadian painter known for her work in watercolorMegan Sybil Baker (born 1954), pseudonym of Linnea Sinclair, American writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy RomanceSybil Bauer (1903–1927), American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holderSybil Mary Collings Beaumont or Sibyl Hathaway DBE (1884–1974), Dame of Sark from 1927 until her deathSybil Bennett (1904–1956), Canadian politicianSybil Moseley Bingham (1792–1848), American teacher in the Hawaiian IslandsSybil Brand (1899–2004), American philanthropist and activistSybil G. Brinton , author of the novel Old Friends and New Fancies (1913)Sybil Brintrup (1954–2020), Chilean conceptual artist, working with traditional and digital mediaSybil le Brocquy (1892–1973), Irish playwright, patron of the arts and conservationistSybil Buck (born 1972), American musician, yoga instructor and fashion modelEthel Sybil Burwell or Ethel Turner (1870–1958), English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writerSybil Campbell OBE (1889–1977), the first woman to be appointed as a stipendiary magistrate in BritainSybil Carmen (1896–1929), American actress, dancer, and Ziegfeld girlSybil Chaplin , known as Judith Chaplin (1939–1993), Conservative Party politician in the United KingdomSybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley CBE (1894–1989), British socialite, Chief Staff Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) during World War IISybil Christopher (1929–2013), formerly known as Sybil Burton, Welsh actress and theatre directorSybil Claiborne (1923–1992), novelist, short story writer, pacifist, member of the Board of the War Resisters LeagueSybil Colefax (1874–1950), English interior designer and decorator, and socialiteSybil Connolly (1921–1998), Dublin-based Irish fashion designer known for creating fashion from Irish textilesSybil of Conversano (died 1103), wealthy Norman heiress, Duchess of Normandy by marriage to Robert CurthoseSybil Cookson (1890–1963), journalist and writer of romantic novelsSybil Cooper (1900–1970), British physiologistSybil Craig OAM (1901–1989), Australian painterSybil Danning (born 1952), Austrian-American actress, model, and film producerSybil Isabel Dorsett or Shirley Ardell Mason (1923–1998), American art teacher reputed to have dissociative identity disorderSybil Dunlop (1889–1968), British jewellery designer, best known work in the late Arts and Crafts styleSybil Elgar (1914–2007), the first special-education teacher for those with autism in the United KingdomSybil Evers (1904–1963), English singer and actressSybil B. G. Eysenck (1927–2020), personality psychologist and the widow of the psychologist Hans EysenckSybil Fane, Countess of Westmorland (1871–1910), born Lady Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine, was a British aristocrat and socialiteSybil Flory (1920–2017), pharmacist, seamstress and teacherJean Sybil La Fontaine (born 1931), British anthropologist and emeritus professor of the London School of Economics
Sybil Gibson (1908–1995), American painterSybil Mullen Glover (1908–1995), British artist known for her landscape and marine paintingsSybil Niden Goldrich , consumer advocate in the fight for women's health relating to breast implantsSybil Gordon (1902–1981), English singer and actressLady Sybil Grant (1879–1955), British writer and artistLady Sybil Grey OBE (1882–1966), British philanthropist and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurseSybil Grey (1860–1939), born Ellen Sophia Taylor, was a British singer and actress during the Victorian eraSybil Grove , English actressSybil B. Harrington (1908–1998), American philanthropistSibyl Hathaway DBE (1884–1974), Dame of Sark from 1927 until her deathSibyl Heijnen (1961), Dutch visual artist, part of the second generation after 1960Dulcie Sybil Holland (1913–2000), Australian composer and music educatorSybil Holmes (1889–1979), American politician, the first woman elected to the Massachusetts SenateSibyl Marvin Huse (1866-1939), French-born American author of religious books and teacher of Christian ScienceSybil Joyce Hylton MBE (1913–2006), Caymanian community volunteer and social advocateSybil Irving MBE (1897–1973), founder and controller of the Australian Women's Army Service during World War IISybil Henley Jacobson , (1881–1953), Canadian painterSybil Jason (1927–2011), South African-born, American child film actressSybil Jefferies (stage name Sweet Sable), American house and R&B vocalist best known for her work during the 1990sSybil Kent Kane (1856–1946), American socialite, prominent in New York Society during the Gilded AgeSybil Kathigasu GM (1899–1948), Malayan Eurasian nurse who supported the resistance during the Japanese occupation of MalayaSybil Kein (1939–2022), Louisiana Creole poet, playwright, scholar, and musicianSibyl Kempson (born 1973), American playwright and performerSibyll-Anka Klotz (born 1961), German politicianSybil Leek (1917–1982), English witch, astrologer, occult author and self-proclaimed psychicMay Sybil Leslie (1887–1937), English chemist who worked with Marie Curie and Ernest RutherfordSybil Lewis (surgeon) , OSS (1874–1918), early Scottish surgeon who served with distinction in Serbia during the First World WarSybil Lewis (actress) , actress in the United StatesSybil Ludington (1761–1839), heroine of the American Revolutionary WarSybil Lupp (1916–1994), New Zealand mechanic, motor-racing driver, garage proprietor and motor vehicle dealerSybil Lynch (born 1965), American R&B and pop singer–songwriterSybil Marshall (1913–2005), British writer, novelist, social historian, broadcaster, folklorist, educationalistDame Elvira Sibyl Marie Laughton Mathews, DBE (1888–1959), British military officer and administratorSybil I. McLaughlin MBE (1928–2022), first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman IslandsSybil C. Mobley (1925–2015), Dean Emerita of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) School of Business and IndustrySibyl Moholy-Nagy (1903–1971), German non-fiction writerSybil Montagu, Prioress of Amesbury , daughter of John de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu and his wife Margaret de MonthermerSybil Morgan (1898–1983), British philatelist on the Roll of Distinguished PhilatelistsSibyl Morrison (1895–1961), Australian lawyerSybil Morrison (1893–1984), British pacifist, suffragist and activist with several other radical causesSybil Moses (1939–2009), American lawyer and judgeSybil Mulcahy (born 1973), Irish journalist and presenterJosephine and Sybil Mulvany , New Zealand weavers
Sybil Neville-Rolfe OBE (1885–1955), social hygienist, founder of the Eugenics SocietySybil Fenton Newall or Queenie Newall (1854–1929), English archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in LondonSybil Robson Orr (born 1962), American film producerSybil (wife of Pain fitzJohn) , Anglo-Norman noblewoman in 12th-century EnglandDaphne Margaret Sybil Desiree Park or Daphne Park CMG, OBE, FRSA (1921–2010), British spySybil Phoenix OBE (née Marshall; born 1927), British community worker of Guyanese birthSybil Plumlee (1911–2012), American teacher, caseworker, and police officer in Portland, OregonSibyl Pool (1901–1973), politician from AlabamaSybil Pye (1879–1958), self-trained British bookbinder famed for her inlay Art Deco leather bindingsTabitha Sybil Quaye (born 1938), Ghanaian politician and a former member of parliament for TakoradiSybil of the Rhine (1098–1179), aka Hildegard of Bingen, German Benedictine abbess and polymath, writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and medical writer and practitionerSybil Sassoon (1894–1989), British officer during World War 2Sybil M. Rock (1909–1981), pioneer in mass spectrometry and computingSybil Ruscoe (born 1960), British radio and television presenterSybil Sanderson (1864–1903), American operatic soprano during the Parisian Belle ÉpoqueSybil Seely (1900–1984), silent film actress who worked with Buster KeatonSybil P. Seitzinger , oceanographer and climate scientist at the Pacific Institute for Climate SolutionsSybil Shainwald (born 1928), American attorney specializing in women's health law, activist for women's health reformSybil Shearer (1912–2005), American choreographer, dancer and writerSybil Shepherd (born 1950), American actress, singer and former modelSybil Sheridan (born 1953), writer and British Reform rabbiSybil Smith (born 1966), American former collegiate swimmerSybil Smolova , Czech-Austrian dancer and film actress of the silent eraSybil Stockdale (1924–2015), American campaigner for families of Americans missing in South East AsiaSybil Tawse (1886–1971), English artist and illustratorSybil Temtchine , American actressSybil Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda , DBE (1857–1941), British suffragette, feminist, and philanthropistSybil Thorndike (1882–1976), English actress who toured internationally in Shakespearean productionsEthel Sibyl Turner (1870–1958), English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writerSybil Ward (1894–1977), one of the first female lawyers in DelawareSybil Werden (1924–2007), German dancer and actress during the 1950sSybil Wettasinghe (1927–2020), children's book writer and an illustrator in Sri LankaSybil Whigham , (1871–1954), Scottish golferSibyl Taite Widdows (1876–1960), British Scientist, member of the Chemistry department at the London School of Medicine for Women for 40 yearsSibyl Wilbur (1871–1946), American journalist, suffragist, and author of a biography of Mary Baker EddySybil Wolfram (1931–1993), English philosopher and writer of German Jewish originSybil Yazzie (1917–1918), Diné (Navajo) painterFictional characters called Sybil include:
Sibyl , a character in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Sybil Barton , a character in 1941 American comedy film Angels with Broken Wings , played by Binnie Barnes Sybil Birling, a character in the play An Inspector Calls
Sybil Branson , a character in Downton Abbey played by Jessica Brown Findlay, or her daughter, nicknamed "Sybbie"Sybil Dvorak , a mutant supervillain character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel ComicsSybil Fawlty , a character played by Prunella Scales in the BBC TV series Fawlty Towers Sybil Pandemik , a character in Sam & Max Sybil Stone, a character played by Diane Keaton in the film The Family Stone
Sybill Trelawney , a character in the Harry Potter seriesSibyl Vane, a character in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Sybil Vimes , a character in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
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Notes
^ Redmonds, George, Christian Names in Local and Family History, Dundurn Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55002-507-4 p. 41
^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Sibyl" . Behind the Name . Retrieved 2022-04-03 .^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names . Oxford University Press. p. 254. ISBN 0-19-861060-2
^ Uckelman, Sara L. (September 2019) [7-3], "Names Shakespeare Didn't Invent: Imogen, Olivia, and Viola Revisited" , Names: A Journal of Onomastics , 67 (3): 153– 159 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: date and year (link )
^ "Sybil - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity" . Nameberry . Retrieved 2022-04-03 .^ "Sybil: Baby Name of the Day" . Appellation Mountain . 25 August 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-03 .^ Sandel, Abby (19 May 2022). "Downton Abbey Names: Marigold, Edith, Atticus" . appellationmountain.net . Appellation Mountain (blog). Retrieved 21 May 2022 . ^ Delbosc, Isabelle (16 October 2015). "RICH OR POOR? WHAT THEIR FIRST NAMES SAY ABOUT THE FRENCH" . medium.com . Medium. Retrieved 27 May 2022 . ^ Coulmont, Baptiste (7 July 2013). "Prénoms et mentions au bac, édition 2013" . coulmont.com . Coulmont.com (self-published website). Retrieved 27 May 2022 . ^ "معنى أسم سبيل Sabil" . معاني الأسماء العربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-01-13 .^ SALEH, Rana. الموسع في الأسماء العربية ومعانيها2 (in Arabic). Amman, Jordan. p. 243.
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