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Phoebe

فيبيIn Arabic

Meaning
Bright, shining, pure (Greek Phoibe); feminine of Phoebus
About the name
In Greek myth Phoebe was a Titan linked with prophecy and the moon; Phoebe was also an epithet of her granddaughter Artemis. A moon of Saturn is named after the Titan.
For
A girl
Origin
Greek
Other spellings
Phebe, Phébé

Islamic naming guidance

  • Discouraged
  • Scholars differ about this name.

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Name of a deity worshipped besides God: disliked

Phoebe is the name of a Titan in Greek myth, and Phoebus, which it feminises, is an epithet of the god Apollo, so it falls under names of deities worshipped besides Allah. A Phoebe in the New Testament, a church minister in Paul's letter to the Romans, gives it a Christian link, and many families use it as an ordinary English name. A scholar's call: no ruling on this exact name was read.

Confidence: low

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