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Around the world, Phoebus (Phoebus , Phebus , Феб ) is a rare male given name. The forename Phoebus is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is a rare masculine name, Philippines, where it is a very rare primarily male, but very infrequently female name, and South Africa, where it is a very rare male name. More prevalently, Phoebus is the last name as well as the forename.
Phoebus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Captain Phoebus , the character from Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"; Phoebus , the character from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Phoebus de Chateaupers , the operatic character in the opera Esmeralda by Arthur Goring Thomas; captain of the king's archers; Phoebus , the operatic character in the opera The Fairy-Queen by Henry Purcell and Phoebus , the operatic character in the opera Notre Dame, among other works.