Message: "Sybil" - Behind the Name

Sybil

by AngieAngelique (afmastro)

6/4/2009, 3:26 AM

I came across this when trying to find a name that doesn't sound like anything else being used today.

I like it in theory, but can't bring myself to completely embrace it.

Nameberry.com said it was "dowdy" but I don't always agree with their insights. Nameberry was created by the authors of Beyond Jason and Jennifer and they said Gladys and Raymond would never come back. I know a little Gladys and with the nickname Ray, I think Raymond will come back at some point.

WDYT: Sybil

#Sybil

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- Marija Luminitsa

6/4/2009, 5:41 PM

Sibyl was my grandma's name. I prefer that spelling. I don't really mind the name, but I don't particularly like the sound of it either. I do like Sibylla though.

- BBH

6/4/2009, 2:44 PM

I like Cybil, Cybele

I like Sybil, but I slightly prefer it spelled Cybil, and even moreso Cybele, which is pronounced differently.

- Wordsmith

6/4/2009, 8:56 AM

I like Sybil -- I can never decide if I prefer the original Sibyl or the variant Sybil.

- TheDreadedSockMonkey

6/4/2009, 8:14 AM

I think it's dowdy. I can't picture anyone under the age of fifty with this name.

- Alda

6/4/2009, 7:25 AM

I just came across a Sybil in my genealogy the other day. I kinda like it, but I have never met one, so I don't have a very formulated picture of the name. I think I would like to see it used simply for the fact that I like old names to come back. :)

- Kayla_christine

6/4/2009, 6:56 AM

I dont find it dowdy. it is old fashioned though. it makes me think of Sybil Vain in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

- queenv (guest)

6/4/2009, 5:32 AM

I have to agree with Nameberry.com on this one. I too think that Sybil is dowdy. But it's foolhardy to say definitively that any name will never come back. In a world in which Madison for a girl is in the top ten, ANYTHING is possible.

- Llewella (penguiny7)

6/4/2009, 4:36 AM

It's alright. I wouldn't exactly call it dowdy, but it is a bit old-fashioned sounding. A girl I went to high school with had a baby girl recently who she named Sibyl.

- Murasaki (lady murasaki) +1

6/4/2009, 3:28 AM

I'm with you, I like it, but not just enough. I wouldn't say it's dowdy, though. I can see it get it caught in the "old-fashioned" fad at some point.

- Michelle (-Shell-)

6/4/2009, 5:05 AM

ditto all of the above

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