Entry № 11591 · Greek origin

Xanthi Xanthi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KSAN-thee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Blonde / golden-haired (city of Xanthi)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "blonde / golden-haired (city of xanthi)".

Xanthi is from the Greek Ξανθή (Xanthí — blonde, golden, fair-haired). Xanthi is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek Orthodox heritage. Greek feminine name reflecting Greek heritage.

Blonde / golden-haired (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Ξανθή
Transliteration
Xanthí
Pronunciation
/ ˈksɑːn.θi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Xanthi stands.

Xanthi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Xanthis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Xanthippe
Wife of Socrates + Plato's Phaedo + death of Socrates.
Plato's dialogues

Names connected to Xanthi.

The number behind Xanthi.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Xanthi reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.