Sibyl
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Origin of the name Sybil:
Derived from the Latin Sibylla (a fortuneteller, a prophetess). The sibyls, women of ancient Greece and Rome, where mouthpieces of the ancient oracles and seers into the future. In the Middle Ages, they were believed to be receptors of divine revelation; thus Sibyl came into use as an acceptable given name. Var: Sibella.
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Sib, Sibby, Sibsy, Tibs, Tibby
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Sibyl Colefax, English interior decorator and socialite
Lady Sibyl Smith, English suffragist
Sybil Buck, French model- Sibyl in song, story & screen: | Edit
The Song of the Sibyl, Dead Can Dance
Sybil, film about multiple personality disorder, starring Sally Field
Sibyl, character in 'Private Lives' by Noel Coward
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