Phoebe (given name)

Phoebe or Phebe is a female given name (Ancient Greek: Φοίβη), feminine form of the male name Phoebus, meaning "bright and shining" deriving from Greek 'Phoebus' (Φοίβος).

In Greek mythology Phoibe was a Titan associated with the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter Artemis. A moon of Saturn bears this name in honour of the Titan. This name also appears in the Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament, where it belongs to a female minister in the church at Kechries.

List of people with the given name Phoebe

Phoebe Brand (1907–2004), American actress who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era
Phoebe Brown (born 1991), English singer
Phoebe Campbell (1847–1872), Canadian murderess
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 Dollar, American actress
Phoebe Doty, American prostitute
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 Lin, doctor
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), English fashion designer and Creative Director of Celine
Anna Phoebe (born 1981), violinist
Phoebe Prince (1994–2010), bullying victim
Phoebe Snetsinger, née Burnett (1931–1999), American birder
Phoebe Snow (1950–2011), musician
Phoebe Strole (born 1983), American actress and singer
Phoebe 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 Holcroft Watson, English tennis player

Religion and mythology

Phoebe (Bible), Corinthian woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul in Romans 16:1
Phoebe (mythology), one of the Titans
Phoebe, one of the Heliades
Phoebe (Leucippides), the daughter of Leucippus
Phoebe, an epithet of Artemis, feminine equivalent of Phoebus as a surname for Apollo
Phoebe, Helen's sister, daughter of Leda
Phoebe, a Hamadryad, one of Danaus' many wives or concubines, mother of several of the Danaides
Phoebe, one of the Amazons who fought against Heracles

Fictional characters

In books

Phebe, a shepherdess in Shakespeare's As You Like It
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 book Catcher in the Rye
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 16-year-old pregnant girl and main character of Phoebe by Patricia Dizenzo
Phoebe, a word used in Jacek Dukaj's science fiction novel Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość derived from the acronym of "post-human being"
Phoebe, the name of the only city on mars, in the novel The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

In television and film

Phoebe, a character from the "'Monster Clubhouse'" segment of Sesame Street
Phoebe, one of the three Weird Sisters in the television series Gargoyles, said to represent Grace
Phoebe, a character from Scrotal Recall
Phoebe Aldridge, a character in the British radio soap opera The Archers
Phoebe Banks, a fictional character of Disney's Enchanted
Phoebe Buffay, a main character in the sitcom Friends, portrayed by Lisa Kudrow
Phoebe Dinsmore, a character (diction coach) in the movie Singin' in the Rain
Phoebe Figalilly, the mystical governess and nanny in the television series Nanny and the Professor
Phoebe Forrester, daughter of Ridge and Taylor, in the television series the Bold and the Beautiful
Phoebe Gottlieb (née Bright), a teenage character from the soap opera Neighbours
Phoebe Halliwell, a witch, one of the Power of Three, on the television drama series Charmed, portrayed by Alyssa Milano
Phoebe Heyerdahl, one of the main characters of the television series Hey Arnold!
Phoebe Lichten, the main character of the film Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe North, one of the characters of the remake of Yours, Mine and Ours
Phoebe O'Hara, a fictional FBI agent in Kindergarten Cop, portrayed by Pamela Reed
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 Sparrow, née Bamford, Gary Sparrow's girlfriend and later wife in Goodnight Sweetheart
Phoebe Terese, one of the girls in Ms. Frizzle's class on the television series The Magic School Bus
Phoebe Thunderman, one of the titular characters of Nickelodeon's comedy series The Thundermans
Phoebe, main character in American Ultra, portrayed by "Kristen Stewart"

In games

Phoebe, a character from Square's Final Fantasy Mystic Quest video game
Phoebe, a member of the Hoenn Elite Four from Pokémon

Toys

The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Phoebe.
Phoebe, a Bratz character