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Sybil

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Jusfloatingby · 31/10/2012 12:31

Does it make you think of Mrs Basil Fawlty or has Sybil from Downton Abbey no taken over from that image?
I have always loved the name since I first heard of it years ago in a Chalet School book. I think its really pretty and feminine.

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ScabbyColdCrustyCatPuss · 31/10/2012 13:20

It's what we call the Sat Nav! Grin
I quite like it though.

LizLem0n · 31/10/2012 13:34

I like it. Prefer it to Isabel. But it's similarity to such a popular name combined with the downton abbey affect will make this name really popular really quickly I think. well, it might.

Nicole Kidman's sister called her dd Sybil after NK had called her dd Isabella, which sounds a bit tongue twistery Isabella and Sybil. Prefer Sybil. Less fussy.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 31/10/2012 14:56

It does make me think of faulty towers, but then I'm an old sod.

MolotovBomb · 31/10/2012 15:03

I'm almost 30 (so not too old just yet!) and a huge fan of Fawlty Towers. I think of Sybil Fawlty and "Benzedrine puff-adders".

Not for me, sorry!

sybilvimes · 31/10/2012 15:07

Fabulous name, and woefully underused.

Much, much nicer than Isabelle!

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