Phoebe & others

Girl Names
1

[name]Hi[/name] there, berries! My husband is hung up on [name]Phoebe[/name] for our girl. I’m not so in love - it’s all Friends to me. I’m not crazy about the sound, either, though I love the way it looks.

He also likes [name]Marina[/name], [name]Sadie[/name], [name]Bethany[/name], [name]Anya[/name], and [name]Laurel[/name]. [name]Phoebe[/name] is my favorite of the bunch, I think. The others are okay, but they’re just off for me. Almost, but not quite, if that makes any sense. I like [name]Vera[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Xanthe[/name], [name]Amelie[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Auden[/name], and [name]Bryony[/name].

What names could be a nice middle ground for us? [name]How[/name] can I learn to love [name]Phoebe[/name]?

Thanks, guys!

2

I love [name]Phoebe[/name] for these reasons:

  • It means “bright, pure”.
  • It’s a Biblical name with a good association.

Suggestions:

  • [name]Berenice[/name]
  • [name]Beatrix[/name]/[name]Beatrice[/name]
  • [name]Willa[/name]
  • [name]Adeline[/name]
  • [name]Sally[/name]
  • [name]Cecily[/name]
  • [name]Elena[/name]
  • [name]Cora[/name]
  • [name]Coralie[/name]
  • [name]Adela[/name]
  • [name]Eleanor[/name]
  • [name]Annabelle[/name]
  • [name]Daisy[/name]
  • [name]Naomi[/name]
  • [name]Georgia[/name]
  • [name]Evelyn[/name]
  • [name]Nora[/name]
  • [name]Flora[/name]
  • [name]Alice[/name]
  • [name]Lena[/name]
  • [name]Philippa[/name]
3

[name]Hi[/name]!

I love [name]Phoebe[/name], and my husband has the “it’s all Friends” reaction : D!

Besides the positive points pp makes, it’s a Shakespearean name - that seems good!

I heard a nanny calling out to a child with this name recently, and it sounded so light and airy! In a good way. Nn’s [name]Fee[/name] an [name]Bea[/name]/[name]Bee[/name] are super cute to me. I love it with a J middle for PJ initials (although I recognize for some, that might be a drawback instead!)

[name]Vera[/name] and [name]Helena[/name] are my top two picks! The others you like, I like as well to varying degrees. Does he not like any of those?

Some middle ground names:

[name]Bethany[/name] and [name]Bryony[/name]: [name]Bellamy[/name]?
[name]Sadie[/name] and [name]Xanthe[/name]: [name]Selene[/name]? (Another Greek light name, in a way, like [name]Phoebe[/name] and [name]Helena[/name])
[name]Sadie[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]Marina[/name]: [name]Selena[/name]?
[name]Marina[/name] and [name]Auden[/name]: [name]Maren[/name]?
[name]Anya[/name] and [name]Iris[/name]: [name]Irina[/name]? [name]Isla[/name]?
[name]Laurel[/name], [name]Bethany[/name], [name]Bryony[/name], and [name]Rose[/name]: [name]Rosalie[/name]?
[name]Rose[/name], [name]Marina[/name], [name]Bethany[/name], [name]Bryony[/name]: [name]Rosemary[/name]?
[name]Phoebe[/name] and [name]Laurel[/name]: [name]Daphne[/name]? (the meaning of [name]Daphne[/name] is laurel)
[name]Anya[/name] and [name]Amelie[/name]: [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Amalia[/name]?
[name]Bethany[/name] and [name]Amelie[/name]: [name]Amity[/name]?
[name]Phoebe[/name] and [name]Bryony[/name]: [name]Poppy[/name]?
[name]Phoebe[/name] and [name]Xanthe[/name]: [name]Penelope[/name]? (nn [name]Poppy[/name]?)
[name]Vera[/name], [name]Bethany[/name], [name]Bryony[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name]: [name]Verity[/name]?
[name]Vera[/name], [name]Helena[/name], and [name]Marina[/name]: [name]Verena[/name]?
[name]Laurel[/name] and [name]Helena[/name]: [name]Eleanor[/name]? [name]Leonora[/name]?
[name]Auden[/name], [name]Bethany[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name]: [name]Audrey[/name]?
[name]Anya[/name], [name]Auden[/name], and [name]Amelie[/name]: [name]Aurelia[/name]?
[name]Auden[/name] and [name]Laurel[/name] [name]Aurora[/name]? (another light name)
[name]Rose[/name] and [name]Anya[/name]: [name]Roxana[/name]?

[name]Hope[/name] this gets you started! Good luck!

I could see an [name]Auden[/name] nn [name]Anya[/name] by a long stretch…
I could see a [name]Xanthe[/name] nn [name]Sadie[/name]/[name]Zadie[/name] (Xadie?) by a long stretch…

4

I have grown to really love [name]Phoebe[/name]! I don’t think I really fit with anyone else’s view on the name because I never associated it to Friends (mainly because I never watched the show, lol). It just always seemed very whiney and old-fashioned to me. Though she was a great character and stood for a lot of great things, the [name]Phoebe[/name] in a book I read once made me not love it. I’m not sure why because everything about her makes me feel like I should have fallen for the name but just the opposite happened, and I strongly disliked it for years, haha. After hearing it so much on here, though, I’ve just slowly warmed up to it, and I have grown to really like it. It has a similar feel to [name]Daphne[/name] to me, which I think might be a nice common ground between your two styles.

Good luck!

5

I second [name]Daphne[/name].

6

You have plenty of great beyond [name]Phoebe[/name]. I like all of the names you listed besides [name]Bethany[/name] and [name]Auden[/name], especially [name]Marina[/name], [name]Laurel[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Vera[/name], [name]Helena[/name], and [name]Amelie[/name]. If the Friends thing is your major concern regarding [name]Phoebe[/name], I don’t think it should worry you. The show went off the air almost ten years ago! It’s really not a major point of reference anymore.