20%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ˈfɪl.ɪs/ [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Phyllis. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsPhyliss, Phyllis, PhilisOther Languages & CulturesPhyllis(Greek Mythology) Filiz(Turkish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #100 in 1919 New Zealand Last ranked #908 in 1951 United States Categories Aphra Behn characters, black history, comedians, currently out of the US top 1000, educators, ends in -is, flora, floral, green, nature, plants, poets, trees, variants