Name meaning & stats
Phillis
Phillis means “foliage” (Ancient Greek origin). 2,455 US babies since 1940, peak 1949.
What it means
“foliage”
Ancient GreekSpelling of Phyllis
In US birth records
Peak year: 1949
2,455 US babies were named Phillis between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Phillis (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 70 Phylliss spell it Phillis
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1949)