Phoebe or Phebe is a femalegiven name (AncientGreek: Φοίβη), feminine form of the male name Phoebus, meaning "bright and shining" deriving from Greek 'Phoebus' (Φοίβος).
In Greek mythology , Phoebe was a Titan associated with the moon . This was also an epithet of her granddaughterArtemis . A moon of Saturn bears this name in honour of the Titan. This name also appears in the Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament , where it belonged to a female minister in the church at Kechries.