Given name & surname
Xanti
“honoring St. James”
Xanti is used as a given name and a surname. One Basque interpretation is “honoring St. James.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Basque interpretation is “honoring St. James.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Basque.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xanti through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 47
- 47 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,653 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,653 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Xanti’s family of names
Xanti has a related form in Xantee. Xanti has a related form in Xantey. Xanti has a related form in Xantie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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