Comments for the name Xanthe

It can be pronounced Zan-they, zan-thee, zan-tha, ksan-they, ksan-thee, or ksan-tha. I personally like zan-they and zan-tha.

This is a great name for a character!

Xanthe is a sea nymph in Greek mythology; one of the daughters of Oceanus. Xanthe means "Golden One" in ancient Greek.

Xanthe Tilden is a fashion and entertainment correspondent and producer for CNN.

Xanthe Elbrick is an award winning British/American actress based in London.

Xanthe is a great name. I prefer it pronounced zan-they than any other way. Not many common names start with an x, which I think makes it even more special and unique.

I really like this name pronounced zan-thee, I like it because there aren't many X names around.

Pronounced as "Ksan-the".

I love the name Xanthe. The meaning "golden one" is fantastic, with the imagery it creates. Personally I would pronounce it Zan-thee, but any way is great.

A famous bearer is the theatre actress Xanthe Elbrick (born 1st December 1978). She said this about her name "I'm the fourth of four children, and my parents had made their way to the back of a baby names book by then. My dad always said that if they couldn't afford to educate me, I could sign my checks with an X." She's not a blonde Xanthe, regardless of the meaning, she's a brunette.

In a story I'm writing, there's a girl called Mary Chrisantha, and Xanthe (pronounced as ZAN-tha) is her nickname. I think it should remain as so, simply a nickname. The 'z' sound isn't great at the start of somebody's first name.

I love this name. Maybe it's just the "x", but I think Xanthe sounds really cool and pretty. It's unusual and kinda dramatic, but far simpler than other mythological names, like Clytemnestra. I like it pronounced "ZAN-thee" and "ZAN-thay".

I prefer it to be pronounced ZAN-the, with the E silent. Maybe it's just me!

So beautiful, but I couldn't imagine anyone named this.

This name sounds more masculine than feminine to me. I like it, though.

I like this name, pronounced "ZAN-thee", because Greek names that end in E usually sound like "ee" rather than "uh". And I think when somebody pronounces this name (and others) like EKS-an-the, etc, them saying X as an "EKS" sounds uneducated and dumb.
So yes, this is a pretty name, pronounced the real way, which in my opinion is ZAN-thee.

To the poster above, KSAHN-thee is how it's supposed to be pronounced in Greek. If anything, pronouncing it with a Z is a bastardized version of the original beautiful pronunciation. But of course anglophones will always argue it's their way, their pronunciation. It DOES sound educated because that's how it IS in Greece. Use google more, it might help- it shows how to correctly pronounce things.

Fun fact: this name is related to the English word xanthic, meaning "yellow".

This is my name. I pronounce it Kan-tha. I have never liked my name even with the story I have behind it. It is not a family name just my parents thinking they were naming me my hair color. I am a brunette, so the joke is on me.

In my 30's I did hear the Greek pronunciation of Ksan-ti which is better than any of the American/English versions I have heard. I found it just as difficult to get it pronounced correctly regardless.

Please don't put your children through the pain I have gone through by having an unusual and difficult to pronounce name placed upon them.