Phebe Forename
Approximately 8,302 people bear this name
Phebe Forename Definition:
A female name. Greek Φοίβη, ‘the shining one’, an epithet of Artemis. St Paul, in the Epistle to the Romans, recommends ‘Phoebe our sister', and the name came into use in England after the Reformation; the earliest example noted is in 1568.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,828 | 1:97,136 | 5,531 |
| United States | 100% | 1,776 | 1:204,131 | 7,211 |
| Philippines | 96% | 1,700 | 1:62,359 | 4,188 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Liberia | 91% | 543 | 1:8,125 | 815 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 437 | 1:49,452 | 3,243 |
| India | 100% | 206 | 1:5,897,466 | 213,138 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 114 | 1:148,264 | 6,423 |
| Canada | 100% | 111 | 1:298,499 | 9,627 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 79 | 1:3,265,363 | 146,218 |
| England | 98% | 69 | 1:805,839 | 14,494 |
| South Africa | 100% | 61 | 1:893,978 | 35,430 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 61 | 1:252,849 | 14,214 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Israel | 78% | 45 | 1:186,732 | 5,989 |
| Australia | - | 26 | 1:525,293 | 8,160 |
| Uganda | 100% | 24 | 1:1,706,538 | 23,866 |
| Singapore | - | 22 | 1:285,775 | 9,352 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 19 | 1:1,602,628 | 49,521 |
| China | - | 17 | 1:80,356,222 | 63,797 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 17 | 1:80,083 | 6,047 |
| Wales | 100% | 16 | 1:193,394 | 3,524 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 14 | 1:1,312,819 | 33,687 |
| Sweden | 100% | 13 | 1:758,301 | 16,746 |
| Kenya | - | 13 | 1:3,562,085 | 22,986 |
| Germany | 100% | 13 | 1:7,436,760 | 27,072 |
| Brazil | 100% | 11 | 1:19,476,014 | 191,600 |
| Haiti | - | 10 | 1:1,072,695 | 14,984 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Belgium | 100% | 9 | 1:1,276,671 | 14,181 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Benin | 100% | 8 | 1:1,321,980 | 30,116 |
| Chile | 100% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Thailand | 87% | 7 | 1:10,009,402 | 140,485 |
| Guyana | - | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| Taiwan | - | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Jamaica | - | 6 | 1:480,538 | 12,525 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Switzerland | - | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| France | 100% | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Italy | 95% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
The alternate forms: Phèbe (4), Phébé (4) & Phèbè (1) are calculated separately.
Phebe (1,028) may also be a surname.
Phebe Forename Meaning
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A female name. Greek Φοίβη, ‘the shining one’, an epithet of Artemis. St Paul, in the Epistle to the Romans, recommends ‘Phoebe our sister', and the name came into use in England after the Reformation; the earliest example noted is in 1568. Phebe or Phoebe was fairly common in the 17th C, and has remained in use until the present day.
(One syllable only.) The diminutive of Phoebe.
Fe'-be, shining, clear. A deaconess of the church at Cenchrea. Rom. xvi. 1, 2.
Meaning: radiant.
A Greek name, meaning: The moon goddess: shining one: brilliant.
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