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The first name Xenophanes

A unisex name meaning “of foreign appearance”, “foreign”, “appear”.

Pronounced /zɛˈnɒfəniːz/ 4 syllables Unisex

Meaning and origin

Xenophanes means “of foreign appearance”, “foreign”, “appear”.

From Ancient Greek Ξενοφάνης (Xenophánēs). The name means “of foreign appearance” and is composed of ξένος (xénos, “foreign”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”).

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Xenophanes in other languages

Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

Քսենոփանես
Kʻsenopʻanes
Armenian
Ксенофан
Ksenofan
Bulgarian
色诺芬尼
Chinese
Ksenofanes
Finnish
Xénophane
French
Ξενοφάνης
Xenofánis
Greek
Senofane
Italian
クセノパネス
kusenopanesu
Japanese
크세노파네스
keusenopaneseu
Korean
Ksenofans
Latvian
Ksenofanas
Lithuanian
Ksenofanes
Polish
Xenófanes
Portuguese
Xenofan
Romanian
Ксенофа́н
Ksenofán
Russian
Xenofanes
Slovak
Ksenofan
Slovene
Jenófanes
Spanish
Ksenofanes
Turkish
Ксенофан
Ksenofan
Ukrainian

Spelled Xenophanes in Dutch, German and Latin too.

Questions

What does the name Xenophanes mean?
Xenophanes means “of foreign appearance”, “foreign”, “appear”.
How do you pronounce Xenophanes?
Xenophanes is /zɛˈnɒfəniːz/, 4 syllables.