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Tomoco Kanemaki is responsible for Xion having black hair.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days novel]] — Afterword''''', '''Tomoco Kanemaki:''' "Xion's hair color is the result of a personal request of mine—I asked Mr. Nomura to draw a girl with black hair. I really took full advantage of the job perks."</ref>

Xion's name was coined by Tomoco Kanemaki, one of ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'''s scenario writers and the writer of the ''[[Kingdom Hearts novels]]''. Tetsuya Nomura took a liking to it and notes that it has many meanings. Xion's name contains the Japanese words for {{nihongo|"tide"|潮|shio}}, fitting the oceanic naming theme of Kairi and Naminé, and {{nihongo|''{{w|Aster tataricus}}''|紫苑|shion}}, which, according to {{w|Hanakotoba|Japanese floriography}}, means "I won't forget you" or "remembrance". It is also revealed within the [[Secret Reports]] that her "original name" was "No. ''i''", her ID as an experiment of the [[Replica Program]]. The "''i''" used here is the {{w|imaginary unit}}.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Ultimania]]''''', '''Yukari Ishida:''' "Xion's original name, "No. ''i''", was named after a "non-real" figure in mathematics for expressing imaginary numbers. Also, when you write Kairi (海, ''Kai''), Naminé (波, ''Nami''), and Xion (潮, ''Shio'') in kanji, all three of their names are words related to the ocean." [https://www.khinsider.com/358-2-days/interviews/kingdom-hearts-358-2-days-ultimania Translation via Krexia and Lissar].</ref><ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days novel]] — Afterword''''', '''Tomoco Kanemaki:''' "The ''Ultimania'' and other sources have already touched on this, but Xion's name comes from ''shio-ne'', the sound of the tide, to echo Naminé's (the sound of the waves). It also serves as an anagram for the imaginary number, No. ''i'', with an ''X''. And in the language of flowers, ''shion'' (Tartarian aster) means "I won't forget you.""</ref>