X - Girls' Names

X marks the spot in names these days, usually at the middles or ends of names, but here is one that puts it squarely up front.

Xanthipe, also spelled Xanthippe, is the name of the wife of Socrates. Challenging for English speakers, it's also dramatic and alluring.

Will have spicy associations for the older generation via author of the 1972 bestseller, The Happy Hooker.

The name of a Christian saint and a city in Ohio, Xenia is one of the more accessible and intriguing x names. It is the name of one of the Bond Girls--played by Famke Janssen in the film "GoldenEye."