Pheobe
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning bright or shining; variant of Phoebe.
Pheobe by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Pheobe. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 49 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Phoebe
Like Pheobe, each of these traces back to Phoebe: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Febebright or radiant; variant of Phoebe9 in the US (2017)
- Phoebe-Maevariant of Phoebe; bright or radiant; compound name5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Phoebiebright, shining; a form of Phoebe5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Phoebe-Rosebright and rose; compound of Phoebe and Rose4 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pheobe. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean light
Like Pheobe, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Pheobe
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