Xanthia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAN-thee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Xanthia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “golden, fair-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Xanthia mean?
Greek: from xanthos 'yellow, golden'
“golden, fair-haired”
A variant of Xanthe, from the Greek word used for blond hair.
Is Xanthia a girl's or a boy's name?
Xanthia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xanthia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Xanthia, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Xanthia of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Xanthia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
Names like Xanthia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Aria, Lucia, Maria, Ophelia, Rosa, Ariana, Athena, Dua, Margot, Cecilia, Alora
Names related to Xanthia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Xanthia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xanthia, updated 20 October 2026.