Phoebe (first name)

Phoebe ( Greek Φοίβη) is a female given name of Greek origin, which originally comes from the Greek mythology of the titan Phoibe . Today the name is mostly chosen by English speaking parents. In English, the standard pronunciation is [fi: bi].

Origin and meaning

In Greek, Phoebe means something like “bright, pure” or “the shining one”, “the bright one”.

variants

• Febe (Italian)
• Fibi (German, after the English pronunciation)
• Phoeba
• Phoibe
• Phoebé or Phœbé (French, also according to the registry office)
• Phibia

The male version of the name is Phoebus .

name day

September 3

Name bearers

• Phoibe (Bible) , biblical deaconess at Corinth
• Phoebe Cates (born 1963), American actress
• Phoebe Ephron (1914–1971), American screenwriter
• Phoebe Foster (1895–1975), American theater and film actress
• Phoebe Fox (born 1987), British actress
• Phoebe Gaa (* 1981), German television presenter
• Phoebe Hearst (1842-1919), American philanthropist
• Phoebe Jacobs (1918–2012), American music manager and music organizer
• Phoebe Killdeer (* 1977), Australian musician
• Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957), British actress
• Phoebe Philo (* 1973), British fashion designer
• Phoebe Snow (1950–2011), American actress and singer
• Phoebe Stänz (* 1994), Swiss ice hockey player
• Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909–1976), American crime writer
• Phoebe Tonkin (* 1989), Australian actress and model
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge (* 1985), British actress, playwright and screenwriter

Fictional people

• the titan Phoibe , grandmother of Artemis
• the moon goddess Artemis , sister of the sun god Phoebus Apollo (she is nicknamed Phoibe )
• the younger sister of the protagonist in the novel The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome D. Salinger
• the shepherdess in Shakespeare's play As You Like It
• a starring role in the US sitcom Friends , played by Lisa Kudrow
• a leading role in the US television series Charmed , played by Alyssa Milano
• a role in the series The Thundermans , played by Kira Kosarin
• a starring role in the film Phoebe in Wonderland , played by Elle Fanning
• a starring role in the film A Foreign Affair , played by Jean Arthur