Phoenix
Arizona place name and Greek
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Phoenix Origin and Meaning
The name Phoenix is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "dark red".
Phoenix is a New Age name symbolizing rebirth and immortality. It's also a place name, a color name, a mythological name, AND an animal name, combining several of today's hottest trends in one appealing package.
Phoenix is also a fairly evenly-balance gender neutral baby names, given last year to about 1000 baby girls and 1300 baby boys. Scary Spice chose Phoenix for her daughter, and Paris Hilton used it for her son.
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# 317 in the US
Phoenix Rank in US Top 1000
# 757 on Nameberry
Phoenix Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
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Famous People Named Phoenix
- Phoenix RichmondBritish model; daughter of designer John Richmond
- Phoenix Chi Gulzar (b. 1999)daughter of singer/TV personality Mel B
- Phoenix Ray Stotijn (b. 2005)daughter of singers Anouk and Remon Stotijn
- Phoenix Rogers (b. 2007)daughter of rugby league player Mat Rogers and TV presenter Chloe Maxwell
- Phoenix Beach (b. 2008)daughter of actor Adam Beach
- Phoenix Williamson (b. 2010)daughter of actor Mykelti Williamson
- Phoenix Emmanuel McEwen (b. 2013)daughter of actress Tammin Sursok and Sean McEwen
- Phoenix Shea (b. 2015)daughter of soccer player Brek Shea
- Phoenix Kemsley (b. 2016)daughter of reality TV personalities P.K. and Dorit Kemsley ("Real Housewives of Beverly Hills")
- Willow Phoenix Buckley (b. 2014)daughter of actor A..J. Buckley
- SummerRain and Liberty Phoenix, American actresses
- Phoenix PresleyLee Piper (b. 2018), daughter of American model and professional wrestler Brooke Adams
Phoenix in Pop Culture
- Phoenix Jacksonmain character in Eudora Welty's story "A Worn Path"
- Phoenixdaughter of Max and Fang in the "Maximum Ride" series
- Phoenixcharacter in film "Phantom of the Paradise"
- Phoenixfrom the movie "Griffin and Phoenix"
- Phoenixalternative rock band from Versailles, France
- "The Phoenix" song by Fall Out Boy
- Phoenixcharacter from the New World series by Jennifer Wilson
- Phoenixcapital city of Arizona and 6th most populated city in the USA
- Symbol of the empresswomen, and the bride in Chinese culture
- “To hope for one’s daughter to become a phoenix” is a saying in Chinese culture that means to hope one’s daughter will be successful
- A common girl’s name in China
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