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Phœbë

Phœbë is the nonstandard spelling of Phoebe.

Meaning of Phoebe

Proper noun

Phoebe

  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.2025 April 24, Vanessa Friedman, “Phoebe Gates, the Daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates, Steps Into the Spotlight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (Greek) A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.
  3. (Greek) An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above).
  4. (Greek) An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above).
  5. The 14th moon of Saturn.

See all 6 meanings of phoebe

Questions about Phœbë

What is Phœbë the nonstandard spelling of?
Phœbë is the nonstandard spelling of Phoebe.

Words near Phœbë in the dictionary

  1. Phú Yên
  2. phœbe
  3. phœbes
  4. Phœbus
  5. Phœby
  6. Phœbë
  7. phœnices
  8. Phœnicia
  9. Phœnician
  10. Phœnicians
  11. phœnicopter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Phœbë (page history and authors); Phoebe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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