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Meaning & Origins
Name of a minor character in Greek mythology who killed herself for love and was transformed into an almond tree; the Greek word phyllis means ‘foliage’, so clearly her name doomed her from the start.
| 203rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from the personal name Will, a very common medieval short form of William.
| 8th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Phylliss, Phyliss, Phylis, Phylicia, Phyllys, Phylisha, Phylls, Phyllisa, Phylecia, Phyliis
Wilsey, Wilshire, Wilshusen, Wilsher, Wils, Wilsford, Wilske, Walson, Wilsie, Wilsman
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