Phoenix
Phoenix is a boy name of Greek origin, ranked #55 in popularity, meaning Deep red; the immortal reborn bird.
What Phoenix means
Deep red; the immortal reborn bird.
Phoenix sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Phoenix 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.
Phoenix is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Phoenix?
Phoenix is ranked #55, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Phoenix
Two ideas meet in Phoenix: Fire and the stars and sky. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Phoenix
These share Phoenix's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Phuong — Phoenix.
- Orion — The hunter; a brilliant constellation.
- Castor — The shining one; a bright star.
- Cosmo — Order; the universe.
- Helios — The sun.
- Hyperion — The high one; a Titan of light.
- Astra — Of the stars.
- Cosima — Order; beauty; the universe.
- Cosmos — Harmony; the cosmos flower.
- Delia — Of Delos; the moon goddess.
- Hesper — The evening star.
- Lyra — Lyre; harp.