Given name & surname
Xari
“princess; lady”
Xari is a variant of Xara. In Hebrew use, Xara carries the interpretation “princess; lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Xari is a variant of Xara. In Hebrew use, Xara carries the interpretation “princess; lady.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Xari connects to the Sarah name family through Xara. Sarah comes from Hebrew biblical tradition and is the name given to Abraham’s wife in Genesis.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Xari connects to the Sarah name family through Xara. The shared background comes through Sarah: In the biblical account, Sarai is renamed Sarah as part of a blessing. Later Irish and Scottish uses sometimes adopted Sarah in place of local Gaelic names, a separate practice from its Hebrew origin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Xari connects to the Sarah name family through Xara. The history of Sarah gives this family its wider story. Sarah is remembered in Genesis as Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother. Sarah’s later local adaptations included use for Sorcha in Ireland and Mor in Scotland, showing how an established biblical name could serve different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Xari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 47
- 0 boys · 47 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,150 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,150 among girls’ 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.
Xari’s family of names
Xari has a related form in Xara. In Greek usage, Xari as a surname is a transliteration of Ξάρη.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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