Daily AncestorPheny
Pheny is an old nickname for Tryphena, found in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Pheny, also written Pheney or Phoenie, is a short form of Tryphena, a New Testament name.
The same woman can be Tryphena in one record and Pheny in the next, for example a birth under one name and a marriage under the other. Match age, place and relatives before you join the two.
As seen in a recordGravestone, 1831; her husband's will calls her Tryphena
Pheny, wife of Levi Nunnally, died Aug. 8, 1831, aged 51 years
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Daily Ancestor. "Pheny." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/nicknames/pheny. Last checked 2026-10-15.