Xiomara
Feminine
Xiomara arrives in English through Spanish, where the initial X is read as a soft s and the whole name unfolds in four unhurried syllables. Its most widely accepted ancestor is Guiomar, a name that turns up in medieval Iberian romance and is still given in Spain and Portugal today. In the United States it has been on the books for decades, and it is climbing rather than fading.
How old is the name Xiomara?
Xiomara first appears in US birth records in 1954 — 71 years ago. The typical Xiomara alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 12,000 people named Xiomara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Xiomara most popular?
Xiomara peaked in 2023, reaching #402 nationally. Today it ranks #463, 61 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Works in Spanish & Latino families too:
Where it comes from
From Wigmar to Xiomara
The story of Xiomara
The trail begins with Guiomar, a name carried in medieval Iberian literature and long used in both Spain and Portugal. In Spanish-speaking America the form Xiomara took hold and became a name in its own right, widely given in the Caribbean and Central America, and there the X follows the Spanish habit of sounding like an s. It reached US records in the mid-twentieth century and has grown along with Spanish-speaking communities, showing up most strongly in California, Texas and Arizona. The Germanic elements behind Guiomar are the reason you will see "battle" in the meaning, though the name itself has spent centuries far from those origins.
Meaningscholars disagree
most often given as "famous in battle"
The standard account traces Xiomara to the Iberian name Guiomar, itself from Germanic elements usually read as wig "battle" and mari "famous" — hence the familiar gloss "famous in battle" or "ready for battle." Other reference works decline to commit and simply record it as a Spanish name of uncertain origin. Neither reading has fully displaced the other.
How the name formed
- Wigmar
- Guiomar
- Xiomara
Related forms: Guiomar · Guiomar · Ziomara · Xiomar · Gwiomarc'h
Pronouncing Xiomara
see-oh-MAH-rah
That is the Spanish reading, with X sounded as a soft s. In English-speaking settings you will also hear zee-oh-MAH-rah and, less often, shoh-MAH-rah. Deciding which version your family uses — and saying it first when introducing her — settles most of the question.
Nicknames for Xiomara
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1954
- Most girls named
- 2024714 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #402reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −6.9%665 in 2025, from 714
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Xiomara in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Guiomar in Spanish — related form
- Guiomar in Portuguese — related form
- Ziomara in Spanish — spelling variant
- Xiomar in Spanish — related form
- Gwiomarc'h in Breton — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Xiomaras among us
people named Xiomara are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 2,417 born in 2025 was named Xiomara
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Maritza test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Xiomara's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Maritza climbed just as high around 2005, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Maritza's path sketches the road Xiomara is walking now.
Xiomara is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Xiomara is headed
Xiomara looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 23% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Xiomara beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Xiomara in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Real, established short forms already in use: Xio, Xiomy and Mara, so there is no need to invent one.
- A documented line back to the Iberian name Guiomar, which is still given in Spain and Portugal — a long record behind an uncommon spelling.
- Works across Spanish and English without changing its spelling, and needs no accent marks.
- Uncommon enough that she will very likely be the only Xiomara in her school, while the name is still moving upward rather than dating to one moment.
- The X at the front is the sticking point. English speakers who have not met the name will guess at it, and she may spend a lifetime offering a short correction — a real cost, though a small and repeatable one.
- Expect spelling questions too, especially over the phone: Xiomara, Ziomara and Xiomarah all exist.
- The meaning is not fully settled. If you want a name with one agreed translation, this is not it — though the competing readings are both old and both interesting.
- It is rising rather than flat, so it will likely be somewhat more familiar by the time she is grown than it is now.
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Frequently asked
- How many Xiomaras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 12,000 people named Xiomara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Xiomara in 2025?
- Xiomara ranks #463 among US girl names in 2025, with 665 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Xiomara?
- About 1 in every 2,417 US girls born in 2025 was named Xiomara — 665 in all.
- Will my child share the name Xiomara with classmates?
- Xiomara will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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