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The PH sound gives names a distinctive quality. Names starting with PH are popular across American, Greece, English, Greek, Vietnam traditions. Browse all 187 names below, organized by gender.

Quick facts: names starting with PH

  • 187 names starting with PH are in our database
  • 109 girl names and 64 boy names begin with PH
  • 14 gender-neutral names also start with PH
  • Top origins for PH names: American, Greece, English

Girl Names Starting With PH

109 girl names starting with PH — showing top 100

#157
Greece↑ Rising
radiant, shining
#507
Greece
Greek
#511
American
friendship
#545
Greek
lover of horses
#546
American
Fantasy, imagination.
#616
American
Greek
#626
American
leafy, green
#631
American
A variant of Phyllis, meaning 'foliage' or 'greenery'
#634
American
English
#644
Greece
leaf
#668
American
the lover of horses
#670
Greece
foliage, green bough
#671
Greece
shining, bright
#766
English
A type of flower
#767
American
a variant of Felicia, meaning 'happy' or 'fortunate'
#786
Greek
A name from the Greek word 'phullon', meaning 'leaf'.
#792
American
blessed; happy
#823
American
English
#856
South Africa
lover of nature
#884
Greece
a variant of ‘Phyllis’, meaning ‘foliage’ or ‘leaf’
#911
Greece
Greek
#931
French
lover of horses
#939
American
Bright, shining one
#959
India
Sanskrit
#966
France
French
#981
Greek
Φαίδρα
#1005
Vietnam
fragrant flower
#1047
American
Possibly derived from 'Philip', meaning 'lover of horses'
#1065
American
Love of God
#1113
American
a variation of Filia, meaning daughter
#1141
Greece
Greek
#1163
Greece
leaf
#1165
Greece
Φιλάννα (Philánna) - beloved, friend
#1168
American
Likely a modern invented name with no established meaning.
#1171
Greek
Greek
#1194
Greece
Intelligence
#1218
American
Connotation with Philistine, implying an uncultured or materialistic person
#1251
American
A variation of the name Phoebe, which means shining one or brilliant.
#1298
Greece
of the city of Philistines
#1298
American
Bright, shining
#1303
English
Variant of 'fawn', referring to a young deer and symbolic of gentleness and innocence.
#1304
Vietnam
Fragrance (Phương) and elegance or beauty (Vy)
#1307
American
Happy, Prosperous
#1308
Laos
prosperous, fertile
#1308
American
Modern variation and invented name.
#1325
Germanic
Lover of horses
#1356
Greece
Lover of strength
#1364
American
Irish
#1370
Greek
Greek
#1386
American
Derived as a diminutive of the name Phyllis or other names ending in -phie, it often implies 'greenery' or 'foliage'.
#1396
Greece
bright, shining
#1426
Greek
Bright, Shining
#1432
Greek
bright
#1438
American
to love, to be loved
#1440
American
friend of horses
#1443
Egypt
Hebrew
#1463
English
a form of love
#1481
American
lover of horses
#1482
Greece
Bright, shining
#1523
American
to blossom or thrive
#1530
American
happy or fortunate
#1569
USA
A beloved name with deep roots
#1585
French
friend of strength, lover of strength
#1595
Greek
foliage, green leaves
#1603
Greek
Greek
#1625
Laos
Lao
#1630
Ancient Phoenicia
derived from 'Phoenicia', which refers to the ancient civilization known for trade and the alphabet.
#1637
Greece
Leafy
#1684
American
Blooming or leafy
#1724
USA
Lover of Friends
#1732
India
प्रिय
#1744
American
Bright, shining
#1762
Vietnam
Phương: direction, side; Anh: hero, brother.
#1776
Biblical
A beloved name with deep roots
#1782
American
A beloved name with deep roots
#1803
Cambodia
flower
#1806
American
City of brotherly love
#1871
Ancient Phoenicia
purple,
#1874
English
English
#1898
American
English
#1900
English
happiness; good fortune
#1909
Greece
Greek
#1913
Middle East
Arabic
#1920
Greece
friend of strength
#1921
Greek
friend of horses
#1947
English
φύλλις - 'leaf' or 'branch'
#1957
French
Greek
#1982
Greek
Greek
#1983
Greece
Greek
#1989
American
A variant of the name Fallon, meaning 'destiny'; alternatively linked to 'fawn'
#2808
Greece
Greek
#5669
English↑ Rising
radiant, shining
#7063
Modern coinage↑ Rising
light, shining — from Phoebe
#7409
Greece
Greek
—
American
Bringer of joy
—
Greece↑ Rising
Brightness
—
American
mythical bird that symbolizes rebirth and renewal
—
Greece
Leafy; green bough.
—
American↑ Rising
English
—
English
Variations of the name Fiona, often associated with light, fair, and white.

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Boy Names Starting With PH

64 boy names starting with PH — showing top 64

#506
Greece
Greek
#528
English
A beloved name with deep roots
#601
Vietnam
Blessing or good fortune.
#622
France
Amiable, horse lover
#651
Greece
Greek
#707
English
fin, fish
#720
English
Lover of horses
#721
American
Son of Philip
#722
American
Variant of Finn, meaning 'fair' or 'white'
#749
English
A fictional name often associated with extraordinary powers or energy.
#758
Greek
Compassionate
#796
Ireland
white, fair
#816
Greece
Greek
#830
English
a variant of 'Philip', meaning 'lover of horses'
#848
American
Lover of horses
#868
American
lover of horses
#917
Vietnam
Vietnamese
#980
American
Derived from old family name or surname with uncertain origin.
#1007
Latin
Oracle or possessor of wisdom
#1089
Vietnam
Vietnamese
#1166
Cambodia
ពឹង
#1255
France
Lover of Horses
#1343
American
son of Philip
#1344
Greece
הַפִּנְחָס (Ha-Pinchas) -
#1490
Hebrew
פרץ – meaning 'to break forth; to burst out'
#1515
Greek
Greek
#1518
Greece
To shine or to bring light
#1534
American
the one who is from the sea
#1616
Hebrew
oracle
#1624
Greece
lover of horses
#1671
Greek
Greek
#1777
France
German
#1846
American
A diminutive form of Philip, meaning 'lover of horses'
#1930
English
Son of Philip, which means 'lover of horses'.
#1940
English
lover of horses
#1963
France
ami des chevaux - friend of horses
#1987
Greece
Lover of
#1998
Vietnam
happiness, good fortune
#2051
Egypt
Great House or Palace
#2594
Israel↑ Rising
Hebrew
#6355
France↑ Rising
lover of horses
#7551
American↑ Rising
True; worthy
#8077
Latin↑ Rising
happy, fortunate
#8078
English↑ Rising
lover of horses
#8079
Greece↑ Rising
Affectionate
#8080
Greece↑ Rising
Greek
#8815
Greece
to bear or carry
#9482
Modern coinage
a ruler — from Pharaoh
—
English
English
—
Greece
the face of God
—
Greece
lover of horses
—
Greece
loving
—
Egypt
Lover of the Father
—
Vietnam
Prosperous
—
American
to bring joy or happiness
—
Hebrew
to breach or to break forth
—
Ireland
wolf
—
Greek
lover of horses
—
American
Oracle
—
Vietnam
calm; serene
—
Egypt
Great House
—
American
Resurrection or rebirth
—
American
The one who is a builder or a constructor.
—
France
French

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Unisex Names Starting With PH

14 gender-neutral names starting with PH — showing top 14

#534
Greece
Greek
#1019
Vietnamese
Goddess; a symbol of beauty and grace
#1397
Irish
from the town of Faulkners
#1455
Vietnam
fragrance, phoenix, direction
#1565
Irish
descendant of the wild one
#1868
American
Great house; royal.
#4724
American
mythical bird that regenerates or is reborn from its ashes
#7802
American
Variant of 'Phoenix', a mythical bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn.
—
Irish
from the hedge place
—
American
A modern spelling of Phoenix, often associated with rebirth and renewal.
—
Greek
mythical bird that rises from its ashes
—
American
An artistic spelling of 'forever'
—
English↑ Rising
English
—
American
Greek