Across the world, Xi (Xi 
, שי 
, شي 
) is quite a common gender-neutral forename. The forename Xi is habitual in Libya, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but infrequently girly name, Macao, where it is quite a rare female name, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare epicene name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in China, Indonesia, and the United States. Likewise, Xi is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Xi | Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Myanmar |
| שי | Israel |
| شي | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Iraq |
| Си | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, China, Bulgaria |
Xi is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: C.C. , the fictional character from Code Geass; JC Denton , the character in Deus Ex video game; Shay Patrick Cormac , the assassin's Creed character, Assassin's Creed Rogue; C.J. Garrison , the fictional character, The Bold and the Beautiful and C.J. Barnes , the character from 8 Simple Rules, among other works.
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yang xi (b. 330) |
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| xi gu Northern Zhou person CBDB = 31450 (b. 504) |
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| zhang xi chancellor of the Chinese Tang dynasty (b. 637) |
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| mou xi Tang dynasty person CBDB = 142031 (b. 821) |
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morita kanya xi Kabuki actor (b. 1800) |
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| zeng xi Chinese painter / calligrapher, painter/draughtsman, scribe/calligrapher (1861-1930) (b. 1861) |
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xu xi Hong Kong New York writer, US (b. 1954) |
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| yuan xi Chinese Go player (b. 1963) |
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| yang cheng xi (b. 1953) |
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| luo xi swimmer, CN (b. 1969) |
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| wang xi Chinese composer (b. 1978) |
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| chen xi researcher |
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| ling xi researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4119-705X) |
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| yan xi researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-6143-3107) |
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