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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Phoebe f. Ancient Greek Φοίβη 'pure, bright, shining, radiant'.

The name of many Greek mythological characters and a 1st C saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Feben.

The name was only rarely used before the 16th C.

England
Middle French
1574 Phebe WCS p. 42
France
Middle French
1566 Phèbe RegPCC-1 p. 268, Phœbe ibid. p. 201; 1568 Phèbe ibid. p. 396
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Phoebe". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Phoebe.