1. Xanthus

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  • Origin: Greek
  • Meaning: One of Apollo’s names

2. Xavier

  • Origin: Spanish
  • Meaning: bright
  • Also: Xzavier (Americanised form)

3. Xavion

  • Origin: African
  • Meaning: fighter

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4. Xayvion

  • Origin: African American
  • Meaning: new house

5. Xenophon

  • Origin: Greek
  • Meaning: stranger’s voice

6. Xerxes

  • Origin: Persian
  • Meaning: royal

7. Xin

  • Origin: Japanese
  • Meaning: beautiful

8. Xylon

  • Origin: Greek
  • Meaning: wood, forest

9. Xyshaun

  • Origin: African American
  • Meaning: zany

About our author Catherine Ball

Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.

Illustration: Emma Winchester

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