Given name
Xenophon
“one who speaks with a foreign voice”
Xenophon is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who speaks with a foreign voice.”
Original GreekΞενοφώντας
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who speaks with a foreign voice.”
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 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xenophon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 5 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 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 121 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.
Xenophon’s family of names
Xenophon has a related form in Xeno. Xenophon has a related form in Xenofon. Xenophon has a related form in Xenofone.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 Xenophon
- Xenophon ZolotasPrime Minister of Greece (1989–1990), economist and academic (1904–2004)
- Xenophon KasdaglisGreek Egyptiote tennis player with British citizenship (1880–1943)
- Xenophon P. WilfleyAmerican politician (1871–1931)
- Xen BalaskasSouth African cricketer (1910-1994)
- Xenophon Overton PindallAmerican politician (1873-1935)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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