Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized) Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 9/16/2009 by -Julia- Edited 10/2/2014 by Lucille Meaning & History Latinized form of XANTHIPPOS. A known bearer of this name was Xanthippus of Carthage, a Spartan mercenary general from the 3rd century BC.