Xenophon Forename

283,824th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 828 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Cyprus
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Xenophon Forename Definition:

M. There has never been a fashion in, nor much popularity for, Xenophon; but it isn’t obsolete. Its most celebrated C20 tenant is that South African cricketer who specialises in well-spun guile. The name comes from that of the Athenian general and historian of mid C5-early 4, B.

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Xenophon Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cyprus
100%
3421:2,547365
United States
100%
1781:2,036,72533,749
Greece
100%
1281:85,4262,452
South Africa
97%
 
571:956,71337,092
England
100%
401:1,390,07320,374
DR Congo
100%
341:2,171,40051,388
Netherlands
100%
91:1,878,00924,529
Germany
100%
71:13,811,12541,547
Brazil
100%
41:53,559,038368,334
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Canada
100%
21:16,566,68686,787
Switzerland
100%
21:4,106,74825,883
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Guam-11:160,6463,210
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Belgium
100%
11:11,490,04143,727

Xenophon (35) may also be a surname.

Xenophon Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

M. There has never been a fashion in, nor much popularity for, Xenophon; but it isn’t obsolete. Its most celebrated C20 tenant is that South African cricketer who specialises in well-spun guile. The name comes from that of the Athenian general and historian of mid C5-early 4, B. C., and, literally, it seems to mean ‘(given to) murdering strangers’ or perhaps ‘speaking a foreign language’.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

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