Xenia

Gender Feminine
Usage Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ξένια(Greek) Ξενία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈse.nja/(Spanish)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "hospitality" in Greek, a derivative of ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreigner, guest". This was the name of a 5th-century saint who is venerated in the Eastern Church.

Related Names

Rootxenia
VariantXeni(Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesAksana, Ksenia, Kseniya(Belarusian) Aksinia(Bulgarian) Xènia(Catalan) Ksenija, Senka(Croatian) Xenie(Czech) Zenia(English) Senja(Finnish) Xene(Late Greek) Ksenija(Latvian) Ksenija(Macedonian) Ksenia(Polish) Ksenia, Kseniya, Oksana, Oxana, Aksinia, Aksinya, Ksyusha(Russian) Ksenija, Senka(Serbian) Ksenija(Slovene) Ksenia, Kseniya, Oksana, Oxana(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingXènia
User SubmissionsXénia, Xênia, Xenia

Popularity

People think this name is

youthful   upper class   refined   strange   complex   serious  

Name Days

Austria: January 12
Hungary: July 30 (as Xénia)
Romania: January 24
Slovakia: June 2 (as Xénia)
Spain: January 24

Categories

Ancient Greek words, ascetics, ballerinas, choreographers, ends in -nia, European princesses, isograms, martyrs, models, nobles, Orthodox saints, princesses, saints, Squishmallows, travel

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ξενία.
Entry updated October 6, 2024