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Pheobe

Girl name · 6 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Pheobe: 6 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 3 births in 2008.

Pheobe is a less common spelling of the Greek name Phoebe, meaning "bright" or "radiant" — from the ancient Greek φοῖβος (phoibos), an epithet of the sun god Apollo. In mythology, Phoebe was a Titaness associated with the moon, and the name appears in the New Testament for a deaconess praised by Saint Paul. The modern spelling has been kept alive by popular culture: Phoebe Buffay from the sitcom *Friends* is one of the most recognisable bearers, alongside singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers. There is no major place named directly after a bearer, though Saturn’s moon Phoebe shares the same etymological root. This variant, with its unusual 'e' after the 'o', occasionally appears in Scottish birth records, though the standard form Phoebe remains far more common.