Xanthe?

[Lanely]

What do you all think of Xanthe, pronounced Zan-thee?

I really like it!

LOVE

It’s a lovely name.

It’s greek. It means yellow haired I believe.

We have a yellow haired Xanthe 🙂. Had some great spellings over the years!

Love the name. Considered it for DD but there's a cousin in DHs family called that, so couldn't use it.

I have a nearly 19 yr old Xanthe (my eldest dc). Still love the name.

I love it so much!

I met a Xanthe on a holiday in Greece once (she was from Milton Keynes though 😁) - she was an absolute poppet. If she was a shouty nightmare it may have altered my fandom of it as a name 🤣

It’s a gorgeous name and very elegant. I’ve always loved it.

It’s lovely and on my list, definitely one of the wackier ones on my list but the ‘wackiness’ is only really imparted by the X initial, I think it’s known enough for everyone to know how to say and spell it.

My doctor Is a xanthe. Shes nice.

I like it as a name, but from a friend who has an "X" name, apparently having one is tricky and X is the letter often left out of novelty key rings etc.

That said, I do think it is a lovely name, and one most people can have a stab at pronouncing (they may mispell it, though).

@zscaler You're thinking of Ianthe, not Xanthe. Although Ianthe is usually Eye-an-the not Ee-an-the.

Love the name, it was on our shortlist for DD.

I quite like it, classic but quirky and unusual.

No way. Sorry!

Not mad about it...

But I'm always amused by the posters who gush I know one who is stunningly beautiful and kind, go for it!! or Everyone I've ever met with that name was clever and rich, do it!! as if they were ordering a predefined set of characteristics for the child instead of giving them a name 🤪
If you like the sound of a name, use it. No other reason.

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I think we should start subverting this trend!

OP, I knew a Xanthe and she was hit by a meteorite! Just don't do it.