Phoebe

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe)

Greek φοιβος (phoibos) = 'bright, pure' [1]

Related Names

     
Febe ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Phebe ♀ Swedish
Phoebe ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1873 [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 66 112 0 0
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 48 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 7 25 0 0
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 23 n.a 3
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Phoebe.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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