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Xanthe for a boy?

26 replies

bolshybolshevik · 02/03/2009 21:30

Or is it a girls name?

And do you like it?

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Tring · 02/03/2009 21:31

It's lovely but it's a girl's name.

Heated · 02/03/2009 21:31

Girl's

Not really

pippibluestocking · 02/03/2009 21:31

Only Xanthe I knew was a girl at school

snice · 02/03/2009 21:31

Its a girls name

Try Xavier for a boy

KristinaM · 02/03/2009 21:31

nice name for a girl

Fennel · 02/03/2009 21:32

It's a girl! You could have Xanthus, at a pinch, for a boy, I think.

Fab name though.

VoodooTheOriginal · 02/03/2009 21:32

theres a boy at my singing group called Xander his mum pronounces it Xonder

Xanthe is def. for a girl. I always wanted twin girls, Phoebe and Xanthe...or triplets with Chloe too!

newgirl · 02/03/2009 21:33

its def a girls name sorry

snice · 02/03/2009 21:33

Xander is just short for Alexander surely?

MrsMattie · 02/03/2009 21:33

Xanthe is a girl's name.

bolshybolshevik · 02/03/2009 21:35

I thought it was but on the TV programme shipwrecked there is a boy called xanthe and it made me wonder

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VoodooTheOriginal · 02/03/2009 21:36

what about Xonder/Zonder?

Aero · 02/03/2009 21:38

I've only ever known it to be a girl's name. Nice name, but not for a boy really imo. Sorry.

growlinggertie · 02/03/2009 21:40

girls name-and a pretty pretentious one at that

Tortoise · 02/03/2009 21:40

I love Xavier for a boy.
Xanthe is lovely but, as others have said, for a girl.
My DD1 is Xantia.

diedandgonetodevon · 02/03/2009 21:53

Lovely name but definitely girls only

RachieB · 03/03/2009 11:00

Xavier is nice for a boy

TheCrackFox · 03/03/2009 11:02

It is a girls name, go for Xavier.

duchesse · 03/03/2009 11:07

It's a girl's name.

Wolfblass · 03/03/2009 13:42

I love Xanthe and Xanthia - but i'm sure these are girls names.

Xavier for a boy....

wilbur · 03/03/2009 13:44

Ds1 would have been Xanthe if he'd been a girl, I love the name, but def female. I think it's the name of a female muse/minor goddess in Greek mythology, something to do with the colours of the dawn.

midnightexpress · 03/03/2009 13:46

girl's name

ruty · 03/03/2009 13:47

girl's name.

tonysoprano · 03/03/2009 13:54

sounds like a strange additive

GooseyLoosey · 03/03/2009 14:04

Girls name. I know a boy Zander.

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