Xerxes

Xerxes meaning and name origin

Xerxes \x(e)-rxes\ as a boy's name is of Persian origin, and the meaning of Xerxes is "monarch". Xerxes was the title of several Persian rulers. One (in the fifth century BC) made war on the Greeks and also appears in the biblical Apocrypha as Ahasuerus, husband of Esther.

Baby names that sound like Xerxes are Sergius and Sergios.

Popularity of Xerxes

Xerxes is not a popular first name for men and an equally uncommon surname or last name for all people. (1990 U.S. Census)

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