Xian
Chinese in origin, the name carries the sense of "immortal" or a celestial being. Fewer than 20 people in Poland go by it, split almost evenly between women and men, so meeting one would stay with you.
Xian Pronunciation
What Xian means
Where Xian comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Xian comes to Polish records from far outside Europe. In Chinese the character 仙, read xiān, names an immortal, a being who has passed beyond ordinary life into a celestial state. Daoist writing gave the word its meaning. A xian is a transcendent figure, sometimes a hermit in the high mountains who no longer dies.
The character itself tells a small story. It joins the sign for a person with the sign for a mountain. A xian is, quite literally, a person of the peaks, someone who withdrew to high ground and found what lies past death.
On a Polish class register the name arrives bare. Xian has no diminutives, no variants, no imieniny in the calendar. What it keeps is the plain sense of the word: immortal, a celestial being.
How many people are named Xian
1 in 2371799 men in Poland is named Xian. 15 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #12400 among male names.
Xian's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.