Phoebe (given name)

Phoebe or Phœbe (/ˈfiːbi/ FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized: Phoíbē) is a female name, the feminine form of the male name Phoebus (Φοῖβος), an epithet of Apollo meaning "bright", "shining", and “pure”.

In Greek mythology, Phoebe was a Titan associated with the power of prophecy as well as the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter Artemis. A moon of Saturn bears this name in honor of the Titan. A certain Phoebe also appears in Paul the Apostle's Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament, a female minister in the church at Kechries near Corinth.

An alternate spelling is Phebe, and an older style Phœbe.

People with the given name Phoebe

• Phoebe Adams (born 1953), American visual artist
• Phoebe Brand (1907–2004), American actress who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era
• Phoebe Bridgers (born 1994), American musician
• Phoebe Brown (born 1991), English singer, founding member of the girl groups Girls Can't Catch and Hope
• Phoebe Campbell (1847–1872), Canadian murderer
• Phoebe Campbell (born 1997 or 1998), English actor
• Phoebe Carrai (born 1955), American cellist
• Phoebe Cary (1824–1871), American poet
• Phoebe Cates (born 1963), American actress
• Phoebe Conn (born 1941), American author
• Phoebe Couzins (1848–1912), one of the first female lawyers in the U.S. and the first female marshal
• Phoebe Di Tommaso (born 1990), Australian figure skater
• Phoebe Doty (died 1849), American prostitute
• Phoebe Dynevor (born 1995), English actress
• Phoebe Ephron (1914–1971), American playwright and screenwriter
• Phoebe Gilman (1940–2002), American children's book author and illustrator
• Phoebe Gloeckner (born 1960), American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and novelist
• Phoebe Hearst (1842–1919), American philanthropist and feminist
• Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005), English poet
• Phoebe Hessel (1713–1821), British soldier who disguised herself as a man to serve in army
• Phoebe Hirsch (born 1949), former member of SDS and Weatherman
• Phoebe Judson (1831–1926), American pioneer and author
• Phoebe Knapp (1839–1908), American composer
• Phoebe Kreutz, singer-songwriter
• Phoebe Legere, multi-format artist
• Phoebe Mills (born 1972), American attorney and athlete active in multiple sports
• Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957), English film, television, and stage actor
• Phoebe Omlie (1902–1975), American aviation pioneer and one of the first female aviators
• Phoebe Palmer (1807–1874), evangelist, writer, and promoter of the doctrine of Christian perfection
• Phoebe Pember (1823–1913), nurse and medical administrator during the American Civil War
• Phoebe Philo (born 1973), British fashion designer and previous creative director of Celine
• Phoebe Paterson Pine (born 1997), British Paralympic archer
• Phoebe Prince (1994–2010), bullying victim
• Phoebe Russell, Australian classical double bass player
• Phoebe Ryan (born 1990), American singer and songwriter
• Phoebe Snetsinger, née Burnett (1931–1999), American birder
• Phoebe Snow (1950–2011), musician
• Phoebe Strole (born 1983), American actress and singer
• Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909–1976), American mystery author
• Phoebe Thomas (born 1983), British actress
• Phoebe Tonkin (born 1989), Australian actress and model
• Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852–1936), Irish artist noted for her role in the Arts and Crafts Movement
• Phoebe Wahl, illustrator, sculptor and children's book author from the United States
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge (born 1985), English actress, writer, playwright and director
• Phoebe Holcroft Watson (1898–1980), English tennis player

People with the surname Phoebe

• Anna Phoebe (born 1981), German-born British violinist

Biblical and mythological figures

• Phoebe (biblical figure), a woman mentioned in Romans 16:1
• Phoebe (Greek myth), various figures

Fictional characters

In books

• Phoebe Somerville Calebow, the protagonist of Susan Elizabeth Phillips' It Had to Be You and main character in the Chicago Stars series
• Phoebe Caulfield, the little sister of Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye
• The title character of Phoebe Daring, a mystery novel by L. Frank Baum
• Phoebe Henry, a child born with down syndrome in The Memory Keeper's Daughter
• Phoebe Meryll, the daughter of Sergeant Meryll in the comic opera The Yeomen of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan
• Phoebe Pyncheon, a young vivacious female country cousin in The House of the Seven Gables
• Phoebe Winterbottom, the best friend of Salmanca Tree Hiddle in Walk Two Moons
• Phoebe, a demigod briefly described in The Titan's Curse, the third novel in Rick Riordan's series Percy Jackson & the Olympians
• Phoebe, a Sister of the Light in The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
• Phoebe the Fashion Fairy, in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
• Miss Phoebe Beecham, the protagonist in Phoebe, Junior of The Chronicles of Carlingford series by Margaret Oliphant

In film and television

• Phoebe Abbott, Phoebe Buffay's biological mother in TV show Friends
• Phoebe Aldridge, in the British radio soap opera The Archers
• Phoebe Banks, in the Disney film Enchanted
• Phoebe Bright, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Phoebe Buffay, a main character in the NBC sitcom Friends, portrayed by Lisa Kudrow
• Phoebe Farragut, in the animated television series James Bond Jr.
• Phoebe Figalilly, the mystical governess and nanny in the television series Nanny and the Professor
• Phoebe Forrester, daughter of Ridge and Taylor in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz, one of the main characters on The Furchester Hotel
• Phoebe Halliwell, a witch, one of the main characters on the television drama series Charmed, portrayed by Alyssa Milano
• Phoebe Heyerdahl, one of the main characters of the Nickelodeon animated television series Hey Arnold!
• Phoebe Lichten, the main character of the film Phoebe in Wonderland
• Phoebe McQueen, in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Phoebe Nicholson, in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Phoebe North, in the 2005 remake of Yours, Mine and Ours
• Phoebe O'Hara, in Kindergarten Cop, portrayed by Pamela Reed
• Phoebe Rose, one of the three main fairies in Dew Drop Diaries, voiced by Sydney Mikayla
• Phoebe Sparrow, née Bamford, Gary Sparrow's girlfriend and later wife in the television series Goodnight Sweetheart
• Phoebe Spengler, a ghostbuster, one of the main characters on the film Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, portrayed by Mckenna Grace
• Phoebe Terese, main character from The Magic School Bus
• Phoebe Thunderman, one of the title characters of Nickelodeon's comedy series The Thundermans
• Phoebe, main character in American Ultra, portrayed by Kristen Stewart
• Phoebe, a character in Cartoon Network's OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
• Phoebe, from the "'Monster Clubhouse'" segment of Sesame Street
• Phoebe, one of the three Weird Sisters in the animated television series Gargoyles, said to represent Grace
• Phoebe, in the television series Lovesick
• Phoebe (Flame Princess) in the animated television series Adventure Time

In games

• Phoebe, a character from Square's Final Fantasy Mystic Quest video game
• Phoebe (Pokémon), a member of the Hoenn Elite Four from Pokémon
• Phoibe, a character in Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• Phoebe, a character from Animal Crossing, A sisterly Ostrich who resembles a Phoenix.
• Phoebe, a character from Rimworld. One of the three original storytellers.

Toys

• Phoebe, a doll in the Groovy Girls line by Manhattan Toy
• Phoebe, a Bratz character

Other

• Phoebe Howell, in the comic strip Phoebe and Her Unicorn
• Phoebe Snow (character), a woman who served as the main character of a turn-of-the-century ad campaign for the Lackawanna Railroad in Pennsylvania
• Phoebe D'Ysquith, a character from the stage musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

See also

• Phoebe (disambiguation)