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Sybill

Sybill is the alternative form of Sybil.

Meaning of Sybil

Proper noun

Sybil

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, the most popular spelling variant of Sibyl since the 19th century.
    • "I beg your pardon," said Egremont blushing; "I was reading your name. I thought I was reading it to myself. Sybil Gerard! What a beautiful name is Sybil!" "My mother's name," said Gerard; "and my grandame's name, and a name I believe that has been about our hearth as long as our race; and that's a...1845, Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, Book 3, Chapter 5

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Questions about Sybill

What is Sybill the alternative form of?
Sybill is the alternative form of Sybil.

Words near Sybill in the dictionary

  1. Sybian saddles
  2. Sybians
  3. sybil
  4. Sybil attack
  5. Sybil attacks
  6. Sybill
  7. Sybilla
  8. sybilline
  9. sybils
  10. sybo
  11. syboe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sybill (page history and authors); Sybil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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