Given name
Xanthus
“a blonde-haired man”
Xanthus is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
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 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xanthus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2004.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Xanthus’s family of names
Xanthus has a related form in Xanthe. Xanthus has a related form in Xanth. Xanthus has a related form in Xanthos.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Xanthus
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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