PHYLLIS  

Gender: F
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "green bough"

Used by classical poets for the idealized pastoral maiden, but its twenty-first-century image is closer to Phyllis Diller. Phyllida is a variation that sounds at once more old-fashioned and more stylish.

Variations:
Phylida, Phylicia, Phyllys, Phylliss, Phylie, Phylis, Fillys, Philisse, Fyllis, Philla, Fillis, Phyllicia, Philys, Phylla

International Variations:
Phillis, Philis (French) Filide (Italian) Filis (Spanish)

Phyllis is being discussed in our message boards:

• A thought
• What do you think of YOUR name?
• Names from about 1940
• Pin up Names:)
• WYR w2 Round 2

Read Nameberry blog posts about Phyllis:

• THE SECRET CONFESSIONS OF A GIRL CALLED (gulp) BESSIE
• MIDDLE NAMES: The Strange, The Ordinary, and The Embarrassing
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• HELLO DOLLY: Names from the Doll World
• BABY NAME TIMELINE