Korean origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Korean 필 (pil).
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- Wiktionary: PilCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: PilCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Pil is a unisex given name documented in English and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Korean 필.
Borrowed from Korean 필 (pil).
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04 / Through time
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Pil— “wise old woman”
Russia has the name as Ssivilla; the Lithuanians call it Bille; and the Esthonians, Pil. Sibilley is the form in which it appears in a Cornish register in 1692; in 1651 it is Sibella.[75]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter V (Names From Roman Deities), Section VII (Sibylla) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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