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Xerxes

ZURK-seez

Rare & Uncommon → Stable

✦ Meaning

“From Old Persian 'Khashayarsha,' meaning 'hero among kings.' Xerxes carries Persian imperial gravitas, historically potent with mythic warrior connotations.”

Popularity Over Time

Xerxes US popularity rank over timeRank 10397 in 2000 to rank 3948 in 1975. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#3948#7173#10397197420002024

Xerxes is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Old Persian

Syllables

2

Nicknames

Xer

Style

GrandStrongBoldLiterary

Famous Bearers

  • Xerxes I (Persian emperor)
  • Xerxes (300 film character)

Collections

Works Everywhere → Literary Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Two Syllables →

Similar Names

Xerxes

Old Persian Rare & Uncommon

Xavier

Basque Beautiful But Not Top 100

Xander

Greek Beautiful But Not Top 100

Ajax

Greek Rare & Uncommon

Axel

Hebrew Top 100

Sibling Name Ideas

Cassius

Latin Beautiful But Not Top 100

Cyrus

Greek Beautiful But Not Top 100

Darius

Persian Beautiful But Not Top 100

Alexander

Greek Top 50

Julius

Latin Beautiful But Not Top 100

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Persian origin, ancient historical weight

People Also Ask

From Old Persian 'Khashayarsha,' meaning 'hero among kings.' Xerxes carries Persian imperial gravitas, historically potent with mythic warrior connotations.

Xerxes is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. Usage has stayed pretty consistent over the past decade.

Popular nicknames for Xerxes include Xer.

Names that pair beautifully with Xerxes include Cassius, Cyrus, Darius, Alexander, Julius.