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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