Phaedra
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning bright or radiant.
Babies a year
27
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies
Phaedra by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Phaedra. In the US, 27 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 96 babies in 1971, making it a 1970s name.
Other names that mean light
Like Phaedra, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Phaedra
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