Meaning & Origin
A unit of length in Ancient Greece.
Xylon is a boy's baby name of Greek origin, from the Greek xylon meaning 'wood' or 'forest.' In ancient Greek, xylon referred to timber and the raw material of woodworking, and the word forms the root of English terms like xylophone (wood sound) and xylem (plant tissue).
Xylon is a rare name that combines the unusual X- opening — increasingly popular in inventive American naming — with genuine Greek etymology. Its nature connection to wood and forests gives it an organic, earthy quality beneath its exotic exterior.