Phoenix

Arizona place name and Greek

"dark red"

Phoenix Origin and Meaning

The name Phoenix is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "dark red".

Phoenix is a New Age name symbolizing rebirth and immortality. It's also a place name, a color name, a mythological name, AND an animal name, combining several of today's hottest trends in one appealing package.

Phoenix is also a fairly evenly-balance gender neutral baby names, given last year to about 1000 baby girls and 1300 baby boys. Scary Spice chose Phoenix for her daughter, and Paris Hilton used it for her son.

Phoenix Rank in US Top 1000

# 317 in the US

Phoenix Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 757 on Nameberry

Phoenix Popularity

• 317 US 2022
• 757 Nameberry 2024
• 238 Future 2028
• 488 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Phoenix

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Phoenix.

• Raven
• Phoenix
• Rain
• Storm
• Echo
• Indigo
• Winter
• Ember
• Nova
• River
• Lark
• Snow
• Nyx
• Sapphire
• Blaze
• Amethyst
• Starling
• Avalon
• Crimson
• River

Famous People Named Phoenix

• Phoenix Richmond British model; daughter of designer John Richmond
• Phoenix Chi Gulzar (b. 1999) daughter of singer/TV personality Mel B
• Phoenix Ray Stotijn (b. 2005) daughter of singers Anouk and Remon Stotijn
• Phoenix Rogers (b. 2007) daughter of rugby league player Mat Rogers and TV presenter Chloe Maxwell
• Phoenix Beach (b. 2008) daughter of actor Adam Beach
• Phoenix Williamson (b. 2010) daughter of actor Mykelti Williamson
• Phoenix Emmanuel McEwen (b. 2013) daughter of actress Tammin Sursok and Sean McEwen
• Phoenix Shea (b. 2015) daughter of soccer player Brek Shea
• Phoenix Kemsley (b. 2016) daughter of reality TV personalities P.K. and Dorit Kemsley ("Real Housewives of Beverly Hills")
• Willow Phoenix Buckley (b. 2014) daughter of actor A..J. Buckley
• Summer Rain and Liberty Phoenix, American actresses
• Phoenix Presley Lee Piper (b. 2018), daughter of American model and professional wrestler Brooke Adams

Phoenix in Pop Culture

• Phoenix Jackson main character in Eudora Welty's story "A Worn Path"
• Phoenix daughter of Max and Fang in the "Maximum Ride" series
• Phoenix character in film "Phantom of the Paradise"
• Phoenix from the movie "Griffin and Phoenix"
• Phoenix alternative rock band from Versailles, France
• "The Phoenix " song by Fall Out Boy
• Phoenix character from the New World series by Jennifer Wilson
• Phoenix capital city of Arizona and 6th most populated city in the USA
• Symbol of the empress women, and the bride in Chinese culture
• “To hope for one’s daughter to become a phoenix” is a saying in Chinese culture that means to hope one’s daughter will be successful
• A common girl’s name in China