The baby name Cibella is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced SEE-bel-uh (English) ; chee-BEL-lah (Italian/Portuguese).
The baby name Cibella is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced SEE-bel-uh (English) ; chee-BEL-lah (Italian/Portuguese).
Cibella is Brazilian, Italian in Origin.
Cibella is a rare feminine name shaped by Romance-language spelling. It can be read either as a variant of Sibella (from Latin/Greek Sibylla) or as an ornamental -ella elaboration of Cibele/Cybele, the classical mother goddess. From the Sibylla line the sense is “prophetess,” referring to inspired seers of the ancient world; from the Cybele line it evokes the Great Mother, a mountain and fertility deity of Anatolia adopted by Greeks and Romans.
Usage traces back to medieval Europe through forms like Sibella and Sybella, found in Italy, France, and the British Isles, with a modest revival in the 18th–19th centuries alongside renewed interest in antiquity. Cibella itself surfaces sporadically in Italy, France, and Latin America in the 20th–21st centuries as a graceful, modernized form. Related variants include Sibella, Sybella, Cybella, Cybele, Cibele, Sibyl/Sybil, Sibylla, and French Cybèle.
Cibella is vanishingly rare. In all, it appears just 9 times, across 5 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,233 | 4 | 25,928 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 |
Cibella is popular in 5 countries — most recent births per country:
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