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Phoebe

//ˈfiːbi// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    "Ms. Gates, who is named after Phoebe from “The Catcher in the Rye,” grew up in Seattle, the youngest of three."

  2. 2
    A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia. Greek
  3. 3
    An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above). Greek
  4. 4
    An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above). Greek
  5. 5
    The 14th moon of Saturn.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.
  2. 2
    small dun-colored North American flycatcher wordnet
  3. 3
    the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From early 18th c. Imitative, influenced by the name Phoebe.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin Phoebē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”).

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