Baby Girl Names That Start With X

Fun Facts About Girl Names That Start With X

• The warrior legacy: According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Greek name Xena experienced a boost in popularity thanks to the television series Xena: Warrior Princess. A super-rare moniker in the US before the late 1990s, Xena suddenly hit the top 1,000 in 1996 as an empowering name choice for little heroines in the making!

• Presidential glory: Xiomara is going down in history as the name of Honduras’ first-ever female president, Xiomara Castro.

• Xanthe goes extraterrestrial: Not just otherworldly in the mythological sense, the Greek name Xanthe can also be considered a Martian name. Since the 1970s, a large region on Mars has officially been called Xanthe Terra, meaning “golden-yellow land.”

• The X that sounds like a Z: Ever wonder why many "X" names sound like a "Z?” Most stem from Greek roots like xylon and xanthos—think Xylona, Xylia and Xantha—evolving through French and English to favor smoother pronunciation.

• But where does the “sh” sound come from? For names with Chinese origins like Xia and Xin, the X is pronounced more like a soft “sh,” adding a layer of linguistic variety to the letter’s profile. This goes for Aztec X names too, like Xochitl and Xiuhcoatl. Meanwhile, in Xhosa, X makes a click sound.