86 Girl Names That Start With X (With Meanings and Popularity)
Girl names that start with X remain an exotic, exclusive group, even though X is a red-hot letter in baby names right now. Only two X names for girls currently feature in the US Top 1000: the extravagant Spanish options Ximena and Xiomara.
Along with Ximena and Xiomara, other exotic X-starting girls' names to consider include zippy Xia, sweet Xochitl, and feisty Xanthe, which ranks in the England and Wales Top 1000 baby names for girls.
And if you're open to a spot of creative respelling, uncommon variants like Xara, Xena, and Xandra could be a simple route to that super-cool X initial — what kid wouldn't love signing off with an X?!
Here, our full selection of girl names that start with X, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Xanthe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"golden, yellow"
- Xochitl
Origin:
Nahuatl, AztecMeaning:
"flower"
- Ximena
Origin:
Feminization of Ximeno, SpanishMeaning:
"son"
- Xiomara
Origin:
Feminine variation of Guiomar, Spanish, PortugueseMeaning:
"famous in battle"
- Xiadani
Origin:
ZapotecMeaning:
"the flower that arrived"
- Xia
Origin:
Chinese dynastic name
- Xenia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"hospitable, welcoming, guest"
- Xyla
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wood-dweller; the cross"
- Xena
Origin:
Pop culture, GreekMeaning:
"guest, hospitality"
- Xoe
Origin:
Spelling variation of ZoeMeaning:
"life"
- Xela
Origin:
GalicianMeaning:
"angel"
- Xin
Origin:
ChineseMeaning:
"beautiful, elegant, mind, soul, joyous"
- Xareni
Origin:
Otomi, Native American
- Xanthippe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"yellow horse"
- Xiamara
Origin:
Feminine variation of Guiomar, Spanish, PortugueseMeaning:
"famous in battle"
- Xavierre
- Xandra
Origin:
Spanish, diminutive of AlexandraMeaning:
"man's defender"
- Xitlaly
Origin:
Hispanized form of Citalli, NahuatlMeaning:
"star"
- Xen
Origin:
Variation of Japanese Zen, form of Buddhism
- Xochi
Origin:
Variation of Xochitl, Nahuatl, AztecMeaning:
"flower"