Phillis

Where Phillis comes from

A less common spelling of Phyllis.
— Wiktionary's entry for Phillis
  • Ancient Greek
Phillis through the years
  1. 1753
    Phillis Wheatley born
    first African-American poet
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #813 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1949
    Peak, #800
    118 babies named Phillis, the most in any year.
  4. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,669.
  5. 1986
    Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor born
    Ghanaian politician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Phillis Wheatley · first African-American poet, 1753–1784
  • Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor · Ghanaian politician, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.