51%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Literature Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Combination of Old French bele "beautiful" and the name Phoebe. This name was first used by Edmund Spenser in his poem The Faerie Queene (1590). Related Names Rootsbel + Phoebe People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class natural refined strange complex Categories beautiful, beauty, combinations, Edmund Spenser characters, invented, light, literature, moon, purity