Xanthe

Where Xanthe comes from

From Ancient Greek Ξανθή (Xanthḗ, literally “blond-haired”), from ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Xanthe
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1964
    First appearance
    #6,009 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Peak, #4,793
    11 babies named Xanthe — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.