Phoebe: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced FEE-bee · 2 syllables

Phoebe means “bright”, from Greek and Latin.

Borrowed from Latin Phoebe, from Ancient Greek (Phoibe), feminine form of (Phoibos, “bright”).

How popular is Phoebe?

Phoebe was the #157 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,885 babies. It’s rising: up 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Phoebe in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Phoebe are older than 28; most are between 18 and 78. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Phoebe have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Phoebe means “bright”. It comes from Greek and Latin.

Phoebe is pronounced FEE-bee.

Phoebe was the #157 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,885 babies. It’s rising: up 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Phoebe are older than 28. Most are between 18 and 78.