Phoebe

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Help I’m 39 weeks pregnant

Just now considering Phoebe… I love the nicknames Pheebs and Bea.

Would Alys work as a middle name?

My husband is not sure because he thinks of Phoebe Buffay - but I think that’s just because he doesn’t know any other Phoebes! I have a friend called Pheobe and think of her when I hear the name instead.

Love it and Phoebe Alys is beautiful

I like both names (especially the Welsh Alys) and they work well together. Not keen on Feebs as the shortform though.

Lovely name

@TheGriffleI also have a fiery red head. All the family know her as Fiesty Phoebe. I only picked the name as a random child touched my bump and called it Phoebe, and I thought “oh, that’s nice”. She’s a Phoebe Esther after my great gran.

At home she’s affectionally known as Deebs. School it’s Feebz. Mostly though it’s just Phoebe.

I don't get the feeble connection. It's a proper name, having a bit of a moment. I like it.

Love Deebs. Mine sometimes gets her name lengthened to Phoebebeeberbee (it’s an old book Phoebe and the hot water bottles that I used to own.)

For what it's worth, I personally think Phoebe is a lovely name, timeless and classy. Anyone who thinks it didn't pre-date the show Friends is showing their ignorance. There are a couple of Phoebes in baby groups we attend and I always think it sounds pretty and sounds equally good for a child or adult.
However, my top baby naming tip, which I always offer on threads like this and which, I am aware, undermines the entire point of this forum and also renders my own comment pointless, is to never canvas strangers on the internet for advice on your putative name choices!
You will never get objective, useful advice this way. As exemplified on this thread, what you will actually receive are personal and arbitrary comments from posters whose dislike of the name you are suggesting will be entirely subjective and often irrational. It really does not matter if internet commenters you will never meet like the name, all that matters is that you like it. There is absolutely no name which you could suggest on here which everyone would like. People bring their own individual prejudices to conversations like this and will shoot down names for reasons as personal as having been to school with someone with the name in question who they didn't like or that it reminds them of something entirely unrelated.
My advice goes double for asking any friends and family for name feedback. Pick the name and then present it as a fait accomplis when your beautiful baby has arrived. People are usually too polite to do anything but smile and compliment the name once it's a done deal. Mention your name choices before this point and everyone will stick their oar in. Wishing you and your family all the best for the wonderful new arrival!

Love the name Phoebe! My sons GF is a Phoebe - and she’s a lovely girl

I’ve only known wonderful Phoebes. It’s a gorgeous but beware it’s comedy hour if the French try to say it. So long as you don’t spend significant time there then it’s great!

Love this response 👏

Lovely name. My Great Grandmother was a Phoebe.

As for the Friends connection - I personally think it has passed now. People can associate any name with anything/anyone subjectively, though.

Phoebe is a perfectly acceptable name I don't think about friends when i hear the name. I know two children called Phoebe and I think about them.

Also Friends is now a fairly old programme today's Phoebe's won't even have heard about it.

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People are so rude about names on here.

Thank you for your replies! I actually love it more the more I think about it 🥰 hadn’t thought about the ‘feeble’ sounding association but don’t really see that as a problem!

I really like it. Phoebe Alys is a great name.

Lovely name. I don’t see the Phoebe Buffay reference as a negative but in your daughter’s friendship circle as she gets older the Friends association will mean very little. Alys / Alice is gorgeous and if I had to choose I’d go Alys / Alice but both nice, solid names in my humble opinion!
I have canvassed opinions on my potential baby names in the past and whilst it can be helpful, it is quite rare to get a name that everyone loves and people can be quite brutal so try not to dwell too much on the negative comments if it’s a name you love.

Phoebe, Alys and Nia are beautiful and very feminine names. I love Phoebe Alys. Alys Nia is lovely too.

Never been a fan of the name Phoebe, and I can't say I like the short names Pheebs or Bea. However, Alys is delicate and pretty, and sounds lovely with Phoebe if you go with that name.

Great comment -intelligent,constructive and kind . Thank you!

IMO Phoebe is a nice name , but I don't personally like the shortened names you would use.
Alys is lovely though.

Anyone who thinks it didn't pre-date the show Friends is showing their ignorance.
It wasn't popular before Friends.

Alice is nicer than Phoebe. I don't like Feebs. I don't like the Alys spellings (might be OK with a Welsh first name) and Nia doesn't work as a middle name with Phoebe - it will sound like Fee be near.

Lovely name. Go for it. My dd was very nearly Phoebe.

Why can’t she have the Welsh spelling?
Phoebe Alys is lovely.

She can use Alys if she likes but it looks like a 'welshified' spelling. I'd feel the same about names like Lili, Nansi and Elsi but they don't go with Phoebe however they're spelt.

I love the name Phoebe.