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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.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Brazilian, Italian
Pronunciation: SEE-bel-uh (English) ; chee-BEL-lah (Italian/Portuguese)

What is the meaning of the name Cibella ?

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.

Cibella has the following similar or variant Names

Cibella – Popularity by country

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:

CL
DZ
LB
TN
ZA

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People also ask about Cibella

Cibella is predominantly a girl's name.
Cibella is a 3 syllable name, pronounced SEE-bel-uh (English) ; chee-BEL-lah (Italian/Portuguese).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Cibelle, Cibele, Cybelle, Cybele, Sibella and Sibylla.
Cibella is a name of Italian origin, traditionally used in Italy. It doesn't appear in the major international birth registries we track, but it is an established name within Italy and its diaspora communities.
Yes — it is. Cibella leaves almost no footprint in the statistics we follow, which is what makes it such an unusual choice.