Message: "Kseniia" - Behind the Name

Kseniia

by Zachlyn

10/18/2011, 8:07 AM

I was watching gymnastics the other day and one of the girls was named Kseniia. It kind of intrigued me. What do you think of it? How would you pronounce it?

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- Saana (Yippal) +1

10/18/2011, 10:50 AM

Oh my poor Ksenia. What have they done to you? :/

- Zachlyn

10/18/2011, 12:19 PM

I didn't know Ksenia was the correct spelling. I'm sorry for burning your eyes :)

- humblebee +1

10/18/2011, 9:13 AM

There's a little girl at daycare named Ksenya, pronounced ks-SEN-ee-ə (ks sounds a lot like a flattened "kiss").

It's not something I'd use myself, but I do like the sound of it.

- Zachlyn

10/18/2011, 10:11 AM

I wasn't sure if the K was silent or not. The American commentators pronounced it how you did but without the K. I wasn't sure if they were correct or not (perhaps this particular athlete did not pronounce the K.)

- Claire (Clarice) +1

10/18/2011, 8:53 AM

Ohhh. It looks like a corruption of Xenia (which I like). I can't say I like Kseniia though, to put it politely.

- Zachlyn

10/18/2011, 10:09 AM

I didn't even think of Xenia, which I too like. Thank you for mentioning that. It helped me find Ksenia in the database.

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