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Phoeby

Phoeby is the alternative 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.

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Questions about Phoeby

What is Phoeby the alternative spelling of?
Phoeby is the alternative spelling of Phoebe.

Words near Phoeby in the dictionary

  1. phoebodonts
  2. Phoebs
  3. Phoebus
  4. Phoebus Apollo
  5. Phoebus Apollos
  6. Phoeby
  7. Phoenecian
  8. Phoenecians
  9. phoeniceous
  10. phoenices
  11. Phoenicia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Phoeby (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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