Given name & surname
Xiang
“having a nice fragrance”·“one who soars above others”
Xiang is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “having a nice fragrance” (Chinese) and “one who soars above others” (Chinese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “having a nice fragrance” (Chinese) and “one who soars above others” (Chinese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Chinese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xiang through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 33 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 7 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,228 as a first name in 2020; 2,732 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Xiang’s family of names
Xiang has a related form in Xeang. Xiang has a related form in Xheang. Xiang has a related form in Xhiang.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Xiang
- Liu XiangChinese hurdler (born 1983)
- Wang XiangChinese senior official (185–269)
- Xiang ZhangChinese physicist, mechanical engineer, and president of the University of Hong Kongborn 1963
- Leung Sheungmartial artist from China1918–1978
- Xiang Tuancestor to the Shang Dynasty
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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