Släkthistoria för Pheby
Pheby Vad efternamn betyder
variant of the now rare or extinct surname Fabey or Fabby. This is probably either from an unrecorded pet form of the Middle English personal name Fabian or from a reduced form of the derived surname Fabin. See Fabian which is also recorded in early Modern English as Phebian Febian and Febin. Compare John Fabin 1611 John Fabye 1642 in IGI (Bassingbourn Cambs); Isaac Fabin 1688 Eliz. Fabey 1697 Isaac Febey 1701 in IGI (Cheshunt Herts); Susanna Febie 1668 Mary Febing 1675 in IGI (Norwich Norfolk). The spelling and pronunciation of the surname has been influenced by the early Modern English female personal name Phoebe a latinized form of the name of the Greek female deity Phoibe. This personal name is not certainly evidenced in England before 1568 (see Withycombe ) and is most unlikely to be an actual source of the surname.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
