Xenia (name)

Xenia
GenderFemale
Name day
  • Czech Republic: November 27
  • Finland: January 24
  • Greece: January 24
  • Hungary: July 30
  • Poland: April 16
  • Slovakia: June 2
Origin
Word/nameGreek
Meaning"foreigner", "outlander", "welcomed guest" "hospitality"
Other names
Variant form(s)Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija
Related namesOksana, Senja

Xenia (variants include Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija, Kseniya; derived from Greek ξενία xenia, "hospitality")[a] is a female given name. The below sections list notable people with one of the variants of this given name.

Related names include Oksana (Ukrainian: Оксана, Ксенія, (Belarusian: Ксенiя, Аксана), Ксения (Russia), Ksenija (Slovenia, Croatia, Lithuania; Ксенија, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia); Kseniya (Bulgarian: Ксения); Xénia (Hungary), and Senja (Finland). In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 1990s,[according to whom?] it appears mainly in Galician as Xenia [ˈʃenia], and in Catalan as Xènia [ˈʃɛniə].

Ksenia

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Artistic gymnasts

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Badminton players

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Footballers (soccer players)

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Ice skaters / ice dancers

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Models

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Singers

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Tennis players

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Other sports

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Other non-sporting

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Kseniia

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Ksenija

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Actresses

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Singers

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Track & field athletes

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Other sports

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Other non-sporting

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Kseniya

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Actresses

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Footballers

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Handballers

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Runners / sprinters

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Other sports

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Other non-sporting

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Xenia

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Actresses

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Aristocrats

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Dancers

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Musicians

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Religious figures

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Singers

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Swimmers

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Volleyball players

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Other sports

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Other non-sporting

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Other variants

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Other sources point the word ξένος [ksénos], 'foreigner', as the origin of the name. This would be equivalent to the Latin name Barbara which also means 'foreigner'.