77%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Ξενοφῶν(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Derived from Greek ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" and φωνή (phone) meaning "voice". This was the name of a 4th-century BC Greek military commander and historian. This name was also borne by a 5th-century saint from Constantinople. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsxenos + phoneOther Languages & CulturesXenofon(Greek) User SubmissionXénophon People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class devious strong strange complex serious Categories historians, history, noise, Orthodox saints, philosophers, saints, solitary, travel Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ξενοφῶν.