Xenia (name)
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | "hospitality" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Ksenia, Kseniya, Oksana, Senja, Xena, Xeniya |
Xenia (also Xeniya, Ksenia, Kseniya, Ksenija or Xena; derived from Greek ξενία xenia - "hospitality")[1] is a female name used mainly in Russia,[2] Ukraine, Belarus and Greece. In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 1990s, it appears mainly in Galician Xenia [ˈʃenia], and in Catalan Xènia [ˈʃɛniə]. Related names include Oksana (Ukrainian: Ксенія, Оксана; Russian: Ксения, Оксана), Axana (Belarusian: Ксенiя, Аксана), Ksenija (Slovenia, Croatia, Lithuania); Xénia (Hungary); Senja (Finland), and Ksenija (Ксенија) (Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia), Аксиния Bulgaria.[citation needed]
- Greece: January 24
- Czech Republic: November 27
- Slovakia: June 2
- Hungary: July 30
- Finland: January 24
- Russia: February 6
- Poland: April 16
People with the name
Ksenia
- Ksenia Antonova, Russian ice dancer
- Ksenia Afanasyeva (born 1991), gymnast
- Ksenia Chernykh, Russian orienteer
- Ksenia Doronina (born 1990), figure skater
- Ksenia Godunova (1582–1622), Russian tsarevna
- Ksenia Jastsenjski (born 1982), figure skater
- Ksenia Kablukova (born 1998), Russian ski jumper
- Ksenia Kahnovich (born 1987), Russian 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), French painter, architect and town planner
- Ksenia Monko (born 1992), Russian ice dancer
- Ksenia Ozerova (born 1991), Russian 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), Russian swimmer
- Ksenia Sankovich (born 1990), gymnast
- Ksenia Semenova (born 1992), Russian world champion gymnast
- Ksenia Sinitsyna (born 2004), Russian figure skater
- Ksenia Sitnik (born 1995), Belarusian singer
- Ksenia Smetanenko (born 1979), Russian ice dancer
- Ksenia Solo (born 1987), Canadian actress
- Ksenya Stepanycheva (born 1978), Russian playwright
- Ksenia Stolbova (born 1992), skater
- Ksenia Sukhinova (born 1987), Russian beauty queen; winner of the Miss World 2008 pageant
- Ksenia Svetlova (born 1978), Israeli member of parliament
Ksenija
- Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981), Serbian philosopher
- Ksenija Balta (born 1986), decathlete
- Ksenija Lukich (born 1990), Australian model
- Ksenija Milošević (born 1982), Serbian singer
- Ksenija Pajčin (1977–2010), Serbian singer and model sometimes referred to as Xenia or Xenija
- Ksenija Zečević (1956–2006), Serbian pianist
Kseniya
- Kseniya Agafonova (born 1983), athlete
- Kseniya Boguslavskaya (1892–1972), Russian artist
- Kseniya Karandyuk (born 1986), athlete
- Kseniya Kachalina (born 1971), Russian actress
- Kseniya Pryiemka (born 1986), athlete
- Kseniya Rappoport (born 1974), Russian actress
- Kseniya Simonova (born 1985), Ukrainian artist
- Kseniya Sobchak (born 1981), Russian socialite
- Ksenyia Tuhai (born 1995), Belarusian cyclist
- Kseniya Ustalova (born 1988), athlete
Xenia
- Xenia, a theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup X (mtDNA)[3]
- Xenia (singer) (born 1994), a singer in the finals of season 1 of the TV series The Voice
- Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875–1960), sister of Tsar Nicholas II
- Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (1903–1965)
- Xenia Borisovna(1582–1622) daughter of Tsar Boris Godunov
- Princess Xenia of Montenegro (1887–1960)
- Saint Xenia (disambiguation), several people
- Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome (died c. 450), 5th century Orthodox saint
- Xenia Deli (born 1989), Moldovan-American model
- Xenia Desni (1894–1962), Ukrainian actress of the silent era
- Xenia Goodwin (born February 1994), Australian actress and dancer
- Xenia Gratsos (1940–2018), Greek-American actress
- Xenia Kalogeropoulou (born 1936), Greek actress
- Xenia Boodberg Lee (1927–2004), American pianist
- Xenia Onatopp, a fictional villainess from James Bond's GoldenEye
- Xenia Seeberg (born 1972), German actress
- Xenia Shestova (?–1631), Russian nun and mother of Mikhail I of Russia
- Xenia of Saint Petersburg (c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803), patron saint
- Xenia Tchoumitcheva (born 1989), Russian-Swiss actress
See also
- Xena
- Xènius, male version, nom de plume of Eugeni d'Ors
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])
- ^ Sykes, Bryan (July 2001). The Seven Daughters of Eve. W.W.Norton & Company Inc. (320 pages). ISBN 978-0-393-02018-2. Retrieved 4 February 2015.