Xanthe pronounciation?

How is it pronounced?

And what would you pair as a middle with Tabitha which doesn’t in an A.

I’ve only heard ZAN-thee in the UK, though I’m pretty sure there are other pronunciations used overseas.

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Ksan-thee.

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ZAN-thee in [name_f]English[/name_f], ksan-THEE in Greek.

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I’ve only ever read it so I never knew it was zan-thee until now - interesting! I had always said it as zanth in my head.

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Zan-thee would be my instinctive pronunciation

Tabitha [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Noor[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Ailish[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Aimee[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]

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Zan-thee

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Zan-thee

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I’ve only heard it pronounced “[name_u]Zan[/name_u]-thee” so that’s my immediate pronunciation :slight_smile:

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I’ve heard it pronounced zan-tha

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Zan-thee. I love this name! :heart_eyes:

Some middle name ideas for [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]:

Tabitha [name_f]Carys[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Chloe[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Greer[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Goldie[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Harlow[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Jovie[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Lark[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Maren[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Neve[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Scout[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Sloane[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Willow[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]

Zanthee

ZAN-thee.

I’ve had the variant [name_f]Xanthia[/name_f] on my list for ages.

Tabitha [name_f]Xanthe[/name_f] sounds great as a combo.

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I say zan-thee

the americanized version is pronounced [name_u]Zan[/name_u]-thee
the greek version is Ksan-thee but the ks- is kinda soft, not a hard consonant sound (idk if this is a good way to describe it)

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In Australia, we say “zan-thee”.

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… [name_u]Zan[/name_u]-th? Like anth-ony, anth, with a Z in front?

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Tabitha [name_f]Wildrose[/name_f]?

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I’ve always pronounced it ZAN-thee, I’m from the U.S

The X is pronounced as a Z in most places. It would be [name_f]Zanthe[/name_f]