Xerxes - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Xerxes \x(e)-rx

is of Persian origin, and its meaning 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.

Xerxes is an uncommon first name for men and an equally uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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