Phoebe (name)

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Phoebe is a feminine name, a Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe), which meant "bright, pure" from Greek φοιβος (phoibos). In Greek mythology Phoibe was a Titan associated with the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter, the moon goddess Artemis. A moon of Saturn bears this name in honour of the Titan. This name also appears in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament, where it belongs to a female minister in the church at Cenchreae.

[edit] Notable people with the first name Phoebe

• Phoebe Cates, an actress
• Phoebe Snow, a musician
• Phoebe Buffay, a character on the television show Friends