Xiomara

Xiomara is often traced to a Germanic root, a Spanish adaptation of Guiomar, combining wig, battle, and mari, famous, suggesting famous in battle. The x at the front, pronounced like a soft s in Spanish, gives it a striking opening letter rare in English first names. Xiomara has long been beloved across Latin America; in the U.S. it climbed sharply after Jane the Virgin made Xiomara, Jane's glamorous mother, a household name. It now sits near 432. Four liquid syllables, rising and falling like a song. Xio and Mara make natural nicknames. A name with real flair and no apology.