Zander or Xander?

Parrishfam5 · October 2013

Which spelling do you prefer?

Jmgresham22 · October 2013

Zander, hands down.

Zimger · October 2013

I think Xander makes the most sense.

WashingtonQueen · October 2013

Xander, the correct way. I have a son named Xander.

Ambybambi1125 · October 2013

Xander

Meery82 · October 2013

Xander

Hooper88 · October 2013

Definitely Xander

DaisyDuck40 · October 2013

Xander.

BlessedMomma07 · October 2013

We had this name on our list with DS #1 and since we didn't plan on naming him Alexander I did consider spelling it Zander. I don't think it is "dumbing it down" like previous poster said. After all, it is a z sound.

Either spelling is fine but I was always worried that if I spelled it Xander that people would automatically assume that it was short for Alexander. That's just my two cents.

plus12012 · October 2013

I like the letter X in names but, I think for simplicity and tradition I'd have to say Zander.

pepperedmoth · October 2013

I am the one person in the world who doesn't like nick-names-as-first-names so I would say name him Alexander and call him Xander spelled either way.

KatFCo · October 2013

I always thought Xander was the original spelling and Zander was a more recent "dumbing down," as PP said, but apparently, except for a few Zanders decades ago, they both originated as first names in 1990.

Personally, I dislike both as standalone first names. I much prefer Alexander and blame Buffy for making X/Zander a trendy first name.

NerdyLucy · October 2013

Xander

NerdyLucy · October 2013

FFwifey said:

Xander really bothers me bc X does not equal Z. Xander is the ks-ander sounding part of Alexander so it makes no sense phonetically.

It can in in the English language if it's the first letter of a word or section of a word, such as in xylophone, xenophobia, xenon, [meta-] xylene, etc.

ETA: Having said that, I've heard some people pronounce such words with a bit of a little extra "cough" at the beginning (I have no idea what that sound or half-syllable would be called). I don't know if that X was originally supposed to sound like a straight Z, but it does seem that such words are pronounced just as if they started with a Z---zylophone, zenophobia, etc.

FYI---I want to clarify that there's no snark intended. This is a website that serves the needs of citizens in various countries that speak various languages and have their own pronunciation rules. I'm constantly learning certain phonetic rules with names that I'm not always very familiar with.

PB&J714 · October 2013

Xander for sure.

WashingtonQueen · October 2013

FFwifey said:

Xander really bothers me bc X does not equal Z. Xander is the ks-ander sounding part of Alexander so it makes no sense phonetically. It would just bother me way too much to name my child this but I guess that's just me! I'm usually behind nickname names, but not in this case.

Yes it does actually. At the beginning of a word. It is so annoying when people say this.

HattieLove · October 2013

WashingtonQueen said:

FFwifey said:

Xander really bothers me bc X does not equal Z. Xander is the ks-ander sounding part of Alexander so it makes no sense phonetically. It would just bother me way too much to name my child this but I guess that's just me! I'm usually behind nickname names, but not in this case.

Yes it does actually. At the beginning of a word. It is so annoying when people say this.

This! As far as I can think of, X never makes a "ks" sound at the beginning of a word. Think about xylophone. Or xenophobe.

notreal2 · October 2013

KatFCo said:

I much prefer Alexander and blame Buffy for making X/Zander a trendy first name.

Xander was his nickname on the show anyway, for Alexander, but most people didn't realize that when the show was on.

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