Xavia

So cool, I love it.

Well hello everyone, my first name is Xavia, as well as the other girl I saw who bears this name. It really depends on how the parent chooses to pronounce the child's name. I don't mind the fact that I won't get my name confused unless it's with a boy named Xavier in the same class. Sometimes that does happen, but overall everyone says it's a beautiful name.

I prefer it as Ex-ay-via over Zay-via.

I love this name! I first heard it in the song by The Submarines (as listed above), and thought the sound was highly melodic, even thought the name started with an (ordinarily harsh) 'x'. It's a modern name that is still quite versatile. I can actually see it on a little girl, and on a full-grown woman.

Ugh, this sounds like the New York pronunciation of Xavier. The name is unfeminine and ugly.

This is one of the few modern names I like because a long time ago, I was looking to make up a feminine version of the name Xavier and I made up Xaviah, not knowing that this name or similar names even existed. Then later, I dropped the h from her name. I think it's a good name for a character, but not necessarily for a child.

I really like the appearance of Xavia written, but I don't like how it sounds (no matter the pronunciation). It is almost as if the speaker has an accent that drops "r"s (which isn't bad-- I just dislike that Xavia resembles it so heavily). Another piece that I find bothersome is that the "X" can altogether get forgotten with the strong sound that -avia makes... Avia is a name that I do not personally care for. Like the first commenter, it could be spectacular on a character.