Fun Facts About the Name Xiamara
- 286 babies named Xiamara: U.S. records list 286 babies given the name Xiamara from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Xiamara Mean?
Xiamara is generally treated as a spelling variant of Xiomara, a feminine name used chiefly in Spanish-speaking countries. Xiomara is usually explained as a form of the older Spanish and Portuguese name Guiomar, which in turn comes from the Germanic name Wigmar. That name joins two elements: wig, meaning "war" or "battle," and mar, meaning "famous" or "renowned." Read literally, the compound means "famous in battle" or "renowned in war."
The path from Guiomar to Xiomara is not fully settled, and the meaning usually given to Xiomara rests on that Germanic derivation rather than on the letters of Xiamara itself. The customary sense "famous in battle" is therefore best described as the name's traditional meaning, not as a meaning carried by its modern spelling.
Xiamara Name History & Origins
Guiomar entered the Iberian Peninsula with the Visigoths, a Germanic people who ruled much of Spain and Portugal before the eighth century, and the name appears in medieval Spanish and Portuguese records. It remained in use in both countries over the following centuries.
Xiomara is a later Spanish form, and its initial x follows an older Spanish convention in which x stood for a "sh"-like sound, a convention still visible in names of that tradition. The name is well established in parts of Latin America, notably Nicaragua and Cuba. Xiamara, with a in place of o, is best understood as a respelling of Xiomara rather than as a name with a separate origin or an independent history of its own.
How Popular is the Name Xiamara?
Xiamara has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #4,183 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,980 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2024 | #5,584 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #4,183 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 2022 | #4,194 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2021 | #4,946 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2020 | #4,750 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2019 | #17,863 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #9,777 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #14,038 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #8,368 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #18,983 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #19,085 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #16,427 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #11,206 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #12,108 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #19,690 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #12,390 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #17,397 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #11,585 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #11,590 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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