'Awkward Elephant' is right. You're not likely to meet more than one Xerxes in your life. I met one in the 1990s. A young Iranian driver of a shared ride I took as a university student. I've forgotten his face, but never his charming and unique name.
I could have been a Xerxes! It was one of my dad's choices before I was born, but fortunately/unfortunately it did not come to be. I still like it a lot though, it's very unique - you will likely never meet more than one Xerxes in your life.
Actually I exist with the name Xerxes literally, and I'm glad that my mothers gave this name to me. It's so very unique to hear here in the Philippines. When they hear my name they look at me even though they don't know me, and they say, what a name you have! It's so very unique. Thanks for the name that I have.
― Anonymous User 9/22/2016
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The only big problem is "sexreX". Apart from that I think this a good, strong, complex name.
Xerxes is a character in the Aladdin TV series which aired in the 90s.
― Anonymous User 6/18/2015
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This is a great, cool, strong, handsome name for a guy. ;)
― Anonymous User 8/10/2014
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In an episode of Family Guy, Peter named his new falcon Xerxes. I think it's a pretty cool name for a pet, especially one like a snake or a Rottweiler.
― Anonymous User 7/29/2013
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Doesn't really sound usable, especially not after 300's rendition of Xerxes, which portrays him as an effeminate 7 foot tall bald man wearing gold briefs and tons of jewelry. I always get that frightening image from it. Plus the movie 300 really stinks.
I love this name, in my opinion it is a very masculine name. But I doubt it is usable as a first name here in Denmark, so I guess I have to use it as a middle name. Would love to have a Julian Xerxes.
― Anonymous User 12/7/2011
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Opera by Handel (Serse in Italian). Contains what is probably the most beautiful tune of all time, the famous 'Largo' -'Ombra mai fu'.
― Anonymous User 3/9/2010
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Xerxes spelled backwards is "Sex rex".Other than that, I like this name.
King Xerxes was "different" to put it mildly. When a bridge he had built collapsed, he ordered that the sea be given 50(?) lashes; he then had the bridge builders beheaded. When one of his countrymen gave him a monetary donation, he returned the money along with a gift; when this same man asked his son be excused from the army, Xerxes had the son cut in half and his army marched between the pieces.
― Anonymous User 9/9/2007
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If this is a Persian spelling, you might want to move it out of the English section. ;)
― Anonymous User 8/6/2007
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King Xerxes was also the man who married a Jewish girl named Hadassah. The story is contained in the book of Esther in the Bible. Also called Ahasuerus.