Xenophon
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 B.C.E
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/zɛnəfən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Xenophon is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cyprus than in any other country.
- GRGreece≈1 in 102K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.7M
- JMJamaica≈1 in 363K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Xenophon itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Cyprus (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 65 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 102K (inferred from the name graph)
208 named Ξενοφων, 2011
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Greece, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ξενοφων in GR Greece.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 B.C.E. and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Xenophon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY Cyprus | 208as Ξενοφων | 1 in 6.1K | 208 | Xenophon | 12 |
| US United States | 121 | 1 in 2.7M | 121 | Xenophon | 65 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 482K | — | Xenophon | 5 |
| GR Greece | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 102K | 28 | Ξενοφων | 40 |
| IT Italy | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Xenophon | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 672K | listed | Xenophon | 3 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 363K | — | Xenophon | 1 |
208 people counted by CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census), 2011, counting the spelling ξενοφων. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); the babynamen-king-2020 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Xenophon is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Greek historian
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Latin, Xenophon (a celebrated Greek historian and philosopher, born 445 B.C., a pupil of Socrates and a leader of the Greeks in the army of Cyrus the younger)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Xenophon of Ephesusb. 101TRGreek writer
- Xenofon Moschoub. 1858GRnot in their usual nameGreek theologian (1858-1939)
- Xenophon P. Wilfleyb. 1871USAmerican politician (1871–1931)
- Xenophon Hicksb. 1872USUnited States federal judge
- Xenophon Overton Pindallb. 1873USAmerican politician (1873-1935)
- Xenophon Kasdaglisb. 1880EGGreek Egyptiote tennis player with British citizenship (1880–1943)
- Xenophon Kalamatianob. 1882American intelligence officer serving in Russia during the revolution
- Xenophon Zolotasb. 1904GRPrime Minister of Greece (1989–1990), economist and academic (1904–2004)
- Xen Balaskasb. 1910ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African cricketer (1910-1994)
- Ksenophon Kondylisb. 1940GRnot in their usual nameGreek writer and actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 121 | #50,139 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1931 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 5 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Xenophon come from?
- Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 B.C.E. and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Xenophon a male or female name?
- Xenophon is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Xenophon?
- A machine transcription gives /zɛnəfən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Xenophon mean?
- Recorded meaning: Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 B.C.E.
- In which country does Xenophon have the most bearers?
- In Cyprus, the national register counted about 208 people named Ξενοφων, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Xenophon?
- In the United States, the national register counted 121 people named Xenophon in 2020, about 1 in 2.7 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/xenophonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Xenophon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.