Sybilla
From Greek, the name of the sibyl: a prophetess. It stays rare in Poland, carried by just over 800 women, so most people here have never met one.
Sybilla Pronunciation
Sybilla is pronounced sih-BEEL-lah (/sɨˈbilla/).
What Sybilla means
Where Sybilla comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Sybilla comes from Greek, from sibylla, the word for a prophetess. In Polish the sense reads as wieszczka, prorokini, a woman who says what is coming. The meaning sits at the root. No folk story is needed to explain it.
In the ancient world a sibyl held a real office. Women at Delphi and at Cumae gave oracles that rulers waited on. Centuries later Michelangelo painted five sibyls across the Sistine Chapel ceiling, seated among the Hebrew prophets. So the name arrives already carrying a title rather than a mood.
In Poland Sybilla stays rare, and it reads as both bookish and old. On a school class register it stands apart from the Zuzannas and the Julias around it. The short meaning still holds: prorokini, a woman who foretells.
When Sybilla celebrates name day
Sybilla appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 9 October.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Sybilla
1 in 27866 women in Poland is named Sybilla. 809 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1047 among female names.
Sybilla's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Sybilla as a middle name
Sybilla is a first name for 809 women in Poland and a middle name for another 334, a 71/29 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 370th, between Delfina (336) and Anastasia (332).
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#368 Liza338
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#369 Delfina336
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#370 Sybilla334
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#371 Anastasia332
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#372 Joy332