49 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"
- Xiomara
Origin:
Feminine variation of Guiomar, Spanish, PortugueseMeaning:
"famous in battle"
- Xenia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"hospitable, welcoming"
- Ximena
Origin:
Feminization of Ximeno, SpanishMeaning:
"son"
- Xena
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"guest"
- Xiamara
Origin:
Feminine variation of Guiomar, Spanish, PortugueseMeaning:
"famous in battle"
- Xia
Origin:
Chinese dynastic name
- Xin
Origin:
ChineseMeaning:
"beautiful, elegant, mind, soul, joyous"
- Xyla
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wood-dweller"
- Xela
Origin:
GalicianMeaning:
"angel"
- Xiana
Origin:
Variation of Xuliana, GalicianMeaning:
"youthful"
- Xanthippe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"yellow horse"
- Xochi
Origin:
Variation of Xochitl, Nahuatl, AztecMeaning:
"flower"
- Xoe
Origin:
Spelling variation of ZoeMeaning:
"life"
- Xandra
Origin:
Spanish, diminutive of AlexandraMeaning:
"man's defender"
- Xareni
Origin:
Otomi, Native American
- Xenobia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"of Zeus"
- Xavia
Origin:
Basque or ArabicMeaning:
"new house or bright"
- Xois
Origin:
African place name