Xenia (name)

Xenia
Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	"hospitality"
Other names
Related names	Ksenia, Kseniya, Oksana, Senja, Xena, Xeniya

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Kseniya (also Xeniya, Ksenia, Kseniya, Ksenija or Xena; derived from Greek ξενία xenia - "hospitality")^[1] is a female name used mainly in Russia^[2] Ukraine and Greece. In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 90s, it appears mainly in Galician Xenia [ˈʃenia], and in Catalan Xènia [ˈʃɛniə] where it is a traditional diminutive of Eugènia. Related names include: Oksana (Ukrainian: Ксенія, Оксана; Russian: Ксения, Оксана), Aksana (Belarusian: Ксенiя, Аксана), Ksenija (Slovenia, Croatia); Xénia (Hungary); Senja (Finland), and Ksenija (Ксенија) (Serbia, Montenegro and Republic of Macedonia), Аксиния Bulgaria .

Name days:

Greece: January 24
Czech Republic: November 27
Slovakia: June 2
Hungary: July 30
Finland: January 24
Russia: February 6
Poland: April 16

Notable namesakes

Ksenia

Ksenia Antonova, ice dancer
Ksenia Afanasyeva (born 1991), gymnast
Ksenia Chernykh, orienteer
Ksenia Doronina (born 1990), figure skater
Ksenia Godunova (1582–1622), Russian tsarevna
Ksenia Jastsenjski (born 1982), figure skater
Ksenia Kahnovich (born 1987), fashion model
Ksenia Krasilnikova (born 1991), pair skater
Ksenia Lykina (born 1990), Russian tennis player
Ksenia Makarova (born 1992), figure skater
Ksenia Milevskaya (born 1990), Belarusian tennis player
Ksenia Milicevic (born 1942), painter, architect and town planner
Ksenia Monko (born 1992), ice dancer
Ksenia Ozerova (born 1991), pair skater
Ksenia Palkina (born 1989), Kyrgyzstan tennis player but she was born in Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia
Ksenia Pervak (born 1991), Lykina's Russian compatriot and tennis player
Ksenia Pokrovsky, Russian-American iconographer
Ksenia Popova (born 1988), swimmer
Ksenia Sankovich (born 1990), gymnast
Ksenia Semenova (born 1992), Russian world champion gymnast
Ksenia Sitnik (born 1995), singer
Ksenia Solo (born 1987), Canadian actress
Ksenya Stepanycheva (born 1978), playwright
Ksenia Stolbova (born 1992), skater
Ksenia Sukhinova (born 1987), winner of the Miss World 2008 pageant

Ksenija

Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981), philosopher
Ksenija Balta (born 1986), decathlete
Ksenija Milošević (born 1982), singer
Ksenija Pajčin (1977–2010), singer and model
Ksenija Zečević (1956–2006), pianist

Kseniya

Kseniya Agafonova (born 1983), athlete
Kseniya Boguslavskaya (1892–1972), artist
Kseniya Karandyuk (born 1986), athlete
Kseniya Kachalina (born 1971), actress
Kseniya Pryiemka (born 1986), athlete
Kseniya Rappoport (born 1974), actress
Kseniya Simonova (born 1985), artist
Kseniya Sobchak (born 1981), socialite
Kseniya Ustalova (born 1988), athlete

Xenia

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875–1960)
Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (1903–1965)
Princess Xenia of Montenegro (1887–1960)
Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome (died c. 450), 5th century Orthodox saint
Xenia Onatopp, fictional character
Xenia Seeberg (born 1972), actress
Xenia Shestova (?–1631), nun
Xenia Smetanenko, ice dancer
Xenia of Saint Petersburg (c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803), patron saint
Xenia Tchoumitcheva (born 1989), actress
Xenia Goodwin (born February 1994), actress and dancer.

Footnotes

↑ Other sources point the word ξένος [ksénos] - 'foreigner' as the origin of the name. It would be parallel to the Latin name Barbara which also means 'foreigner'.
↑ Ксения [Ksenija], obsolete Аксинья [Aksin'ja] (diminutive Ксюша [Ksjusha])