Sybil?

[monetinjanuary]

What do you think of Sybil for a girl? Honest opinions needed.

[thedollyridesout]

I know a little Sybil and she gets 'Sybi' for short - v.v. cute. I'm not sure how well it would age though.

[Lulabell]

I really like Sybil, although I prefer Sybilla as to me it's more of a name. I did ancient Greek so always think "a sibyl", ie a prophetess.
Love it though, fits the current trend, but I think it wont be over-popular.

[tummytickler]

Love it - it was on our list, but we are trying to move away form the 'old lady' thing!

[avaj]

Sorry but it screams fawlty towers at me!

[LetThereBeRock]

Fawlty Towers comes to mind. I don't like it.

[Paolosgirl]

SYBIIIIIIIIIIIIIWWWWWWLLLLLL

No, it'll forever be Fawlty Towers for me.

[monetinjanuary]

Is it really an old lady name? Apart from Fawlty Towers (which doesn't put me off) I've never met anybody called Sybil.

[Clary]

I know a small Sybil. Her mum gets asked "Oh, is it a family name?" She doesn't care tho.

I love it. It suits the one I know - she's a bit of tomboy and very bright and sparky.

I don't think the FT ref matters - a sitcom made 30 years ago? Nahhh.

[PuppyMonkey]

Me too. Fawlty Towers that is.

[pranma]

my m-i-l was Sybil and she was a lovely lady-never met another

[momofnearly2]

It's cute.

Love Sybie for nn.

[Wolfblass]

Not my cup of tea

But then i think Sybil - not an old lady name as such but a prim 50's housewife, not sure why?

[sybilfaulty]

I think it's a lovely name

I don't know any real life Sybils, altho I am called it by certain friends, but I do know a very glamorous lady in her 50s called Sybilla. Both of us get called Sybs, which is lovely. Far nicer than my real name.

I'd say go for it - really classic and now quite uncommon.

[gaelicsheep]

As long as you don't have a son called Basil it'd be fine I think. How about Cecily? That's a similar type of name.

[NotAPollyanna]

I will forever think of the Sybil with 16 different personalities and her story but that is because I was so freaked out by it. But names are subjective and that is my association not yours. I do like the Greek version.

[PureAsTheColdDrivenSnow]

I always thought it was spelled Cybil.

don;t like it, sorry.

[mathanxiety]

Lovely, timeless, and really, FT was a long, long time ago.

[lucybrad]

Sybil is my mum.

[choosyfloosy]

Glamorous to me because of Sybilla in Kind Hearts and Coronets (swoon at Joan Greenwood). Like both Sybil and Sybilla.

[belgo]

sounds like the name of a hamster to me. No idea why.

[Horton]

I really really love it. And Sybilla is gorgeous too.

[Toffeepopple]

I prefer Sylvia, which is kind of similar?

[JoeyBettany]

Sybilla's the heroine of 'My Brilliant Career' too, a lovely book for adolescents.

[BalloonSlayer]

I think Joan Greenwood's character was Sibella though. Lovely name but baaaaaad character. "ooh Louis..."