Febe
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Phoebe
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/febe/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Febe is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 401K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 21K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 129 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belgium, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Phoebe
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Febe counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Febe | 48 |
| US United States | 829 | 1 in 401K | 814 | Febe | 129 |
| NL Netherlands | 649 | 1 in 27K | 613 | Febe | 22 |
| GT Guatemala | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Febe | 15 |
| BE Belgium | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 34 | Febe | 43 |
| SV El Salvador | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Febe | 12 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Febe is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, Griego Phoibē, de phoibos: 'resplandeciente'.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
In German, weibl. Vom., spanische, italienische, niederländische, schwedische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Resplandeciente, pura
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Brillante
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
In Portuguese, Phoebe (Titan associated with the moon)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Febe Sillanib. 1966ITItalian illustrator
- Maria Febe Kusumastutib. 1989IDIndonesian badminton player
- Febe Vanhaeckeb. 1995BEBelgian association football player
- Febe Nulensb. 1995BEBelgian association football player
- Febe Schokkaertb. 1999BEBelgian cyclist
- Febe Poppeb. 2000BEBelgian cyclist
- Febe Joorisb. 2004BEBelgian cyclist
- Febe CoysmanBEBelgian performing artist
- Febe HeyvaertBEBelgian performing artist
- Febe Van de VeireBEBelgian performing artist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 40 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 814 | #14,263 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 613 | #1,791 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 526 | #3,116 |
| NL Netherlands | SVB Kindernamen — annual newborn name frequency (Wayback-recovered) | 2017 | 44 | #299 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 36 | #8,193 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2024 | 34 | #280 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 23 | #18,129 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 15 | #14,263 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 10 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Febe?
- A machine transcription gives /febe/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Febe mean, and where does it come from?
- Phoebe Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Febe a male or female name?
- Febe is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Febe?
- In the etymology graph, Phoebe, Phebe and Pheobe are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Febe have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.2 thousand people named Febe in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled febe.
- How common is the name Febe?
- In the United States, the national register counted 829 people named Febe in 2020, about 1 in 401 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Febe?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/febeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Febe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.