Usually means: Traditionally a female given name.
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  1. Phyllis, phyllis: Wordnik
  2. Phyllis: Wiktionary
  3. Phyllis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. Phyllis: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. phyllis: Dictionary.com
  6. Phyllis: Online Etymology Dictionary
  7. Phyllis (TV series), Phyllis (disambiguation), Phyllis (plant), Phyllis (river god), Phyllis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Phyllis: Rhymezone
  9. Phyllis: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  10. Phyllis: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. Phyllis: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Phyllis)

noun:  (Greek mythology) A girl who killed herself for love, and was turned into an almond tree.
noun:  (Greek mythology) Phyllis (river god) Phyllis (Φύλλις) was the god of the homonymous river in Bithynia.
noun:  (Greek mythology) The title character of the tale of ( Phyllis and Aristotle ) in medieval legend
noun:  (Greek mythology) Phyllis, mother of the Trojan Alcaeus
noun:  (Greek mythology) Phyllis, consort of Ereuthalion
noun:  A female given name from Ancient Greek derived from the mythological character.

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