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Unfortunately, I have to ditto what has been said about people associating the name Sybil/Cybil with DID and MPD. Not a great association, IMO.

Love it

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I never thought much about it until a year or so ago. I went hunting for new favorites and came across Sibyl.

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It gives me a British WWII era feeling, perhaps because of Dame Sibyl Thorndyke, the actress. It has a no-nonsense, non-frilly quality about it that I love.

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I came to like the name Sibylla too, because of the female lead in "My Brilliant Career." (I highly recommend the movie.)

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The only spelling that I like is Sibyl. People might be more comfortable with the Sybil spelling because of Sylvia. But the purist in me says Sibyl or nothing.

I feel the association to the schizophrenic woman very strongly. I almost feel as though the name is synonymous with schizophrenia. Also, FYI, they are doing a remake of Sybil for TV as we speak which might bring the association back into the minds of those who've forgotten.

I associate both Sibyl and Sybil with the real person and mostly the movie about her (starring Sally Field) though I can never remember which way it's spelled. :b And I equate the C spelling with Cybil Shepherd, whom I'm never been crazy about. I guess I like the Sybil spelling best, but I'd be a little afraid of teasing. And I just don't love the sound of it, either, not really.

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Sybil - makes me think of the character on Fawlty Towers.
Cybill - only makes me think of actress Cybill Shepherd.
Sibylla - I think I would like if it wasn't the name of a chain of roadside grills/fast food places in Sweden.

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Overall I think it is an ok name, but I would never use it myself.

Sibyl is a nice name. I really used to like it, but now it's just so-so to me. I like the spellings Sibyl and Cybil.

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Sibylla is very pretty. I prefer it to Sibyl.

I actually started liking Sybil (this spelling only) after I read Flora Rheta Schreiber's account of Shirley Ardell Mason. The case has intrigued me all my life, and honestly, I boggle when people say they've never heard of her. I always thought Sybil and her many personalities was one of those basic pieces of cultural knowledge that everyone had. Maybe that's changed--or maybe I'm just a special case for somehow having picked it up as a child (I've never seen the film and hadn't read the book until the ninth grade).

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Cybill reminds me of Shepherd--it's a bit too singular for my tastes. While I like her perfectly well (I used to watch Cybill when I was a kid--it introduced me to Christine Baranski :D), it's a name that really belongs to her. It came about as a combination of her father and grandfather's names. Sibyl just looks wrong to me, even if it's the original, and I'd pronunce Sybille differently.

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I like Sybella and Sybilla all right, too, but I prefer just plain Sybil.

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I really like the name Sibel (prn seh-belle).

I don't care too much for Sibyl, but I do really like Sybilla. However, that's mostly due to a character in one of my favorite books : )

Sybella is pretty. Prefer Sybil over Sibyl.

I prefer the simpler Sibyl and variants than Sibylla -- too frilly. I like it because I think the association with the prophetesses is interesting.

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I don't like the C spellings because I think of that actress lady, Shepherd, I think? Either way, I'll take the original Sibyl.