Name Siboney
Gender Feminine
Usage Spanish (Caribbean), Arawak
Other Forms FormsCiboney
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Meaning & History
Means "people of the precious stone" or "cave dweller" in Arawak, spoken in Cuba. It is an ethnic name as the Ciboney, or Siboney, were a Taíno people of Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). As given name is probably after Siboney a 1929 song written by Ernesto Lecuona, inspired by the village Siboney near Santiago de Cuba.