🔥Phoebe

Greek

"radiant, shining one"

Updated Wed Nov 29 2023

Phoebe Origin and Meaning

The name Phoebe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "radiant, shining one".

Phoebe is the Latin variation of the Greek name Phoibe, which derived from phoibos, meaning “bright.” In classical mythology, Phoebe is the by-name of Artemis, goddess of the moon and of hunting. The masculine version of Phoebe is Phoebus.

A mythological, biblical, Shakepearean, and Salinger name, the warm and captivating Phoebe was given a boost in popularity by one of the Friends.

In the New Testament, Phoebe is a church deaconess. Shakespeare used the name (spelled Phebe) for a rustic denizen of the forest in As You Like It, Phoebe Pynchon was a cheerful young girl in Hawthorne's The House of Seven Gables, while Phoebe is Holden Caulfield's sympathetic, precocious ten-year-old sister in Catcher in the Rye.

Bill and Melinda Gates used Phoebe for their daughter.

# 214 in the US

Phoebe Rank in US Top 1000

# 19 on Nameberry

Phoebe Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Phoebe Popularity

214US2022
19Nameberry2023
292Future2028
22England2021
65Scotland2022
79Ireland2022
83Australia2022
76New Zealand2022
492Germany2016
51Dogs2022
25Cats2022
184Canada2022

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Famous People Named Phoebe

Phoebe Belle CatesAmerican actress
Phoebe GilmanCanadian,American children's author
Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearstmother of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst
Phoebe MillsAmerican Olympic athlete
(Sarah) Phoebe NichollsEnglish actress
Phoebe PhiloBritish fashion designer
Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub)American singer,songwriter
Phoebe Ann Moseybirth name of Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter
Phoebe Jane Elizabeth TonkinAustralian actress
Phoebe Harriet DynevorEnglish actress; daughter of actress Sally Dynevor
Phoebe Stoneauthor, illustrator

Phoebe Jennifer Tomlinsonsister of singer Louis Tomlinson of One Direction
Phoebe Dahlfashion designer and granddaughter of the writer Roald Dahl
Phoebe Pearldaughter of American novelist Jennifer Weiner
Phoebe McCurtain Lithgow (b. 1983)daughter of American actor John Lithgow
Phoebe Gittinsdaughter of actor Paul Gittins and screenwriter Philippa Boyens
Phoebe Pryce (b. 1990)daughter of actor Jonathan Pryce
Phoebe Miu (b. 1991)daughter of actors Jaime Chik and Michael Miu
Phoebe Joseph (b. 2001)daughter of actress Sherry Stringfield and Larry Joseph
Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 2002)daughter of Microsoft's Bill and Melinda Gates
Phoebe Margaret Cake (b. 2009)daughter of actors Julianne Nicholson and Jonathan Cake

Phoebe Sylvia Rachel TrueFrost (b. 2011), daughter of actor Jim True,Frost
Phoebe Herring (b. 2015)daughter of comedian Richard Herring

Phoebe in Pop Culture

PhoebeGreek mythological titaness of the oracle of Delphi, mother of Leto and grandmother of Artemis and Apollo
Phoebe Buffaycharacter on TV series "Friends"
Phoebe Tyler Wallingfordcharacter on soap "All My Children"
Phoebe Halliwellcharacter on TV series "Charmed"
Phoebe Heyerdahlcharacter on animated series "Hey Arnold!"
Phoebe Teresecharacter in the "Magic School Bus" series
Phoebe CaulfieldHolden's younger sister in "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
Phoebe Lichtencharacter in film "Phoebe in Wonderland"
Phoebe Throsselcharacter in film "Quality Street"
Phoebe Winterbottomcharacter in "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
Phoebe Thundermancharacter on TV series "The Thundermans"

Phoebe Kendallmain character in "Generation Dead" by Daniel Waters
Phoebe Grizelda Howellmain character in "Phoebe and Her Unicorn" by Dana Simpson
Phoebe D'Ysquithcharacter in musical, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
Phoebe Forrestercharacter on soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful", Steffy Forrester's twin sister
Phoebe GreyChristian and Ana's daughter in the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy
Capt. Phoebe CallistoSpaceship captain & mother in the Disney Jr cartoon series "Miles from Tomorrowland"
Phoebecharacter in "Toad Patrol"
Phoebe Hawthornecharacter in Mother,Daughter Book Club series by Heather Vogel Frederick
PhoebeMoon of Saturn