Xanthippe

Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ξανθίππη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. KSAN-TEEP-PEH(Classical Greek)
 zan-TIP-ee(English)
 zan-THIP-ee(English)
  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Feminine form of Xanthippos. This was the name of the wife of Socrates. Because of her supposedly argumentative nature, the name has been adopted (in the modern era) as a word for a scolding, ill-tempered woman.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesXanthippi(Greek)
User SubmissionXanthippe

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   urban   devious   strong   refined   strange   complex   serious   nerdy  

Name Days

Greece: September 23

Categories

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Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/publications/.
Entry updated May 29, 2020