—2024 rank
1947peak year
322,469babies named Phyllis since 1880
▼ 13%5-year trend
Phyllis popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Phyllis mean?
From Greek phyllis, 'foliage, leafy bough'. In myth, Phyllis was a Thracian princess transformed into an almond tree. Popular from the 1920s to the 1940s.
OriginGreek
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylevintage, mythic
Names like Phyllis
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Famous Phylliss
- Phyllis Diller, comedian
Spellings & variants
Phillis
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