Phebe
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The bright one; in Greek mythology, a radiant, bright deity
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈfibi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Phebe is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 1.3Kas Phoebe(inferred from the name graph)
- KEKenya≈1 in 3.6Kas Phoebe
- AUAustralia≈1 in 3.8Kas Phoebe
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Phebe itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 446 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 named Phoebe, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est., as Phoebe
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Phoebe in US United States, AU Australia, PH Philippines and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The bright one; in Greek mythology, a radiant, bright deity.
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Phebe 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Phoebe | 49 |
| US United States | — | 28,467as Phoebe | 1 in 12K | 28K | Phoebe | 446 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Phoebe | 108 |
| KE Kenya | #232 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Phoebe | 46 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Phoebe | 50 |
| AU Australia | #494 | ≈6,700 est. | ≈1 in 3.8K | 266 | Phoebe | 217 |
| HK Hong Kong | #108 | ≈5,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Phoebe | 66 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Phoebe | 69 |
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; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM). 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)
Phebe 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 English, A female given name from Ancient Greek. Alternative spelling of Phoebe.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Pheidias [Phidias]
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Greek sculptor
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In German, weibl. Vom., niederländische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
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)
- Anne Arnold Phebe Charlton Key Taneyb. 1783(1783–1855)
- Phoebe Lankesterb. 1825GBBritish botanist known for popular science writing (1825–1900)
- Phebe Ann Coffin Hannafordb. 1829USAmerican minister and author (1829-1921)
- Phebe Estelle Spaldingb. 1859USAmerican writer and educator
- Phebe Fjellströmb. 1924SESwedish ethnologist (1924-2007)
- Phebe Marrb. 1931USAmerican historian (born 1931)
- Phebe Cramerb. 1935USAmerican psychologist
- Phebe Novakovicb. 1957USAmerican businesswoman and former intelligence officer
- Phebe Hemphillb. 1960USAmerican sculptor (born 1960)
- Phebe Bekkerb. 2005GBBritish ice dancer
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 32 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.7K | #8,357 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 45 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 41 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 41 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 39 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 37 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 37 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 37 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1917 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 34 | — |
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
- What does the name Phebe mean, and where does it come from?
- The bright one; in Greek mythology, a radiant, bright deity. Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- What are other forms of the name Phebe?
- In the etymology graph, Phoebe, Febe and Pheobe are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Phebe a male or female name?
- Phebe 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.
- In which country does Phebe have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 132 thousand people named Phoebe in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How do you pronounce Phebe?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfibi/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Phebe?
- In the United States, the national register counted 28,467 people named Phoebe in 2020, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
- How common is Phebe compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Phebe is the 108th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Phebe?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/phebeThe 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, “Phebe” — the 108th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.