Phoebe

Phoebe is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Bright; radiant.

What Phoebe means

Bright; radiant.

Phoebe sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Phoebe comes from

Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.

Phoebe is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.

How popular is Phoebe?

Phoebe sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.

The character of Phoebe

We group Phoebe under light and brightness. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.

Themes: Light

Names like Phoebe

These share Phoebe's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

  • Phaedra — Bright and radiant.
  • Cassandra — Shining upon man; a prophetess.
  • Crystal — Clear, brilliant ice.
  • Evangeline — Bearer of good news.
  • Halo — A ring of holy light.
  • Helen — Light; a torch.
  • Helena — Bright, shining light.
  • Xanthe — Golden; fair-haired.
  • Phoebus — Radiant and shining.
  • Apollo — God of light, music and the sun.
  • Helios — The sun.
  • Hyperion — The high one; a Titan of light.

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