Xai
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Xai by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Xai.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Xai
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Xai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Xai
Names that are said the same way as Xai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.