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Phylis

What does Phylis mean?

Phylis Pronunciation of Phylis as a girls' name is of Greek origin, and the name Phylis means "greenery". Phylis is an alternate spelling of Phyllis (Greek).

STARTS WITH Ph-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, greenery (tree)

Variations

VARIANTS Phyllys, Phylliss, Phyliss, Philys, Phillis, Philis, Fyllis, Fillys, Fillis, Filis

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA PHYLLIS Phyllida, Phyllie

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Phylis Stormy (P.S.), ..

How popular is Phylis?

Phylis is a very popular first name for women (#1519 out of 4276, Top 36%) but a rare last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Phylis was first listed in 1910-1919 and reached its top position of #874 in the U.S. during the years 1940-1949, but is not ranked currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Phylis name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Phylis outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Phillis, Phyliss and Phyllis are the popular varying forms of Phylis appearing in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Filis, are seldom used. These forms of Phylis were favored as birth names during 1930-1939 (USAGE OF 0.7%), but now, the version Phyllis has gone out of style.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Phylis, Phillis, Phyliss, Phyllis in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Phylis and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Phylis is alike in pronunciation to Felis. Other recommended sound-alike names are Adelis, Ailis, Alis, Allis, Carlis, Charis, Chris, Collis, Dallis, Delis, Dellis, Dylis, Dyllis, Eilis, Elis, Ellis, Glynis, Hollis, Khris, Lyris, Marlis, Pali, Pallas, Palles, Paris, Parris, Pauli, Paulie, Pelia, Perris, Persis, Phalisha, Phanie, Phelia, Phemia, Phemie, Phil, Phila, Philia, Philina, Philipa, Phillie, Philly, Phylicia, Phyllisha, Poli, Polli, Pollie, Pris, Thais, Themis and Wallis. These names tend to be less commonly used than Phylis.

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