22%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. FIL-is [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Phyllis. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsPhyliss, Phyllis, Philis PopularityDetails Last ranked #908 in 1951 United States Categories Aphra Behn characters, black history, currently out of the US top 1000, ends in -is, poets, variants Entry updated January 22, 2019