Sibylla
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Sibyl.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sibylla (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 158 |
| 2000 | 159 |
| 2001 | 159 |
| 2002 | 156 |
| 2003 | 161 |
| 2004 | 161 |
| 2005 | 156 |
| 2006 | 159 |
| 2007 | 156 |
| 2008 | 162 |
| 2009 | 163 |
| 2010 | 161 |
| 2011 | 158 |
| 2012 | 156 |
| 2013 | 152 |
| 2014 | 147 |
| 2015 | 143 |
| 2016 | 141 |
| 2017 | 139 |
| 2018 | 133 |
| 2019 | 128 |
| 2020 | 125 |
Sibylla in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sibylla.Hi! My name is Sibylla.
- Sibylla bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Sibylla lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Sibylla i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Sibylla this afternoon.
- Sibyllas mamma är lärare.Sibylla's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sibyllas mamma is Sibylla's mum.
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Questions about Sibylla
How do you pronounce Sibylla in Swedish?
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What does the name Sibylla mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Sibyl.
How popular is Sibylla in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Sibylla in 2022. In 2020, 125 people in Sweden had Sibylla as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.