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71 Boy Names That Start With X (with Meanings and Popularity)

Emma Waterhouse
By Emma Waterhouse
Updated Thu Aug 31 2023
71 Boy Names That Start With X (with Meanings and Popularity)

Boy names that start with X are the ultimate choice if you’re looking for a name that has the X factor — quite literally! X marks the spot in some of the hottest boys’ names of the moment: from Maxwell to Maddox and from Huxley to Hendrix. So why not choose an X-starting boy name and put that extravagant X initial squarely up front?

Along with Maxwell and Maddox, popular names for boys which contain the letter X include Jaxon and its variants, Axel, Paxton, Maximus, and Knox — all in the Top 250 baby names for boys in the US. In the UK, x-ending names for boys are particularly popular, such as Max, Alex, Felix. and Rex.

But if you're looking for boy names that begin with X, you’d be surprised at how many wearable options there are beyond Xavier and Xander. How about Xavi, Xen, or even Xerxes?

Here, our full selection of boy names that start with X, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

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  1. Xavier

    • Origin:

      Basque

    • Meaning:

      "new house"
  2. Xander

    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Alexander, Greek

    • Meaning:

      "defending men"
  3. Xavi

    • Origin:

      Catalan diminutive of Xavier, Basque or Arabic

    • Meaning:

      "new house or bright"
  4. Xion

    • Origin:

      Variation of Shion or Zion, Japanese, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "tide, aster + remembrance; highest point"
  5. Xerxes

    • Origin:

      Persian

    • Meaning:

      "hero among heroes"
  6. Xaden

    • Origin:

      Variation of Zaden or Zayden, modern invention.
  7. Xen

    • Origin:

      Japanese

    • Meaning:

      "meditation"
  8. Xolani

    • Origin:

      Zulu

    • Meaning:

      "peace"
  9. Xan

    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Alexander

    • Meaning:

      "defending men"
  10. Xane

    • Origin:

      Spelling variation of Zane, variation of John, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "God is gracious"
  11. Xin

    • Origin:

      Chinese

    • Meaning:

      "beautiful, elegant, mind, intellect, joyous"
  12. Xeno

    • Origin:

      Green

    • Meaning:

      "of Zeus"
  13. Xanthos

    • Origin:

      Greek

    • Meaning:

      "golden-haired"
  14. Xavian
    • Xolotl

      • Origin:

        Nahuatl, “divine force of lightning and death"
    • Xenon

      • Origin:

        Greek

      • Meaning:

        "stranger, foreigner"
    • Xzavier

      • Origin:

        Spelling variation of Xavier
    • Xenophon

      • Origin:

        Greek

      • Meaning:

        "foreign voice"
    • Xoel

      • Origin:

        Galician

      • Meaning:

        "Yahweh is god"
    • Ximeno

      • Origin:

        Variation of Ximen, Basque

      • Meaning:

        "son"