Xenia (name)

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

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 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, 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 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 Sitnik (born 1995), Belarusian singer
• 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

Ksenija

• Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981), Serbian philosopher
• Ksenija Balta (born 1986), decathlete
• Ksenija Milošević (born 1982), Serbian singer
• Ksenija Pajčin (1977–2010), Serbian singer and model
• 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
• 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), German actress
• Xenia Shestova (?–1631), Russian nun
• Xenia Smetanenko, ice dancer
• Xenia of Saint Petersburg (c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803), patron saint
• Xenia Tchoumitcheva (born 1989), Russian-Swiss actress
• Xenia Goodwin (born February 1994), Australian actress and dancer.
• Xenia Deli (born 1989), model

See also

• Xena
• Xènius, male version, nom de plume of Eugeni d'Ors

Footnotes

1. 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'.
2. Ксения [Ksenija], obsolete Аксинья [Aksin'ja] (diminutive Ксюша [Ksjusha])