Given name · also Classical Greek
Xanthe
“yellow-haired woman; blonde”
Xanthe is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “yellow-haired woman; blonde.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “yellow-haired woman; blonde.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xanthe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 324
- 0 boys · 324 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,468 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,468 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 351 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Xanthe’s family of names
Xanthe has a related form in Xana. Xanthe has a related form in Xanthia. Xanthe has a related form in Xanna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Xanthe
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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