X Is For…

Perhaps one overlooked benefit though was in relation to mental health, specifically of those tasked with making alphabet books. As we see below, in addition to drawing on names — be it historical figures, plants, or animals, all mostly of a Greek bent (X being there much more common) — there’s also some more inventive approaches. As a figure of note, you might hope it would be your epic deeds accomplished that would lead to your name being uttered by students for millennia to come — not for the coincidence of the tricky letter with which your name began.

Source: publicdomainreview.org