Phylis
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning green leaf; a form of Phyllis.
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US popularity
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outside the top 1000
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outside the ONS list
Phylis by the numbers
Its American peak was 109 babies in 1949, making it a 1940s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Phylis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean green
Like Phylis, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Khloegreen shoot or verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe2,143 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Emeraldthe green gemstone278 in the US (2017)
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