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Xenia is also used in Romanian. It seems to be relatively popular in Moldova.
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Also occasionally used in English.
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Spanish pronunciation is /'se.nja/ (as shown in the data, it's been decently popular in Spain since the 1990s). [noted -ed]
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Xenia Borovansky (1903 — 1985) was a Russian-born dancer and choreographer, based in Australia after 1939. She was principal teacher at the Melbourne Academy of Russian Ballet, and active in running the Borovansky Ballet.
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Princess Xenia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro, also known as Princess Ksenija or Kseniya, (1881 – 1960) was a member of the House of Petrović-Njegoš as a daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro.
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Xenia Kalogeropoulou (Greek: Ξένια Καλογεροπούλου) is a Greek actress, who appeared in both Greek and English-speaking films in her career. With her career, spanning six decades, she has appeared in over forty films and television shows.
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Xenia Gratsos (1940– 2018) was a Greek-American actress who worked both in film and on stage, under the name Brioni Farrell. She was born in Greece and moved to the United States to pursue her acting career. She had a long career with multiple roles in U.S. television and film.
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It's such a lovely and unique name. 💖💖.
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I'm trans and this is the only name that's felt like home to me ♥.
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So pretty and mysterious sounding.
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I LOVE this name! It sounds very classic and regal. I can foresee any girls with this name to be the only one in their class with this gorgeous Grecian name. I'm glad that I've never met nor have known someone with this name so it isn't ruined for me to potentially use for my future daughter. A Xenia among Brooks and Paisleys.
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Gorgeous!
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I've heard this pronounced in English as both ZEE-nee-ə (ZEE-nyə) and ZEN-ee-ə (ZEN-yə). The first pronunciation is clearly influenced by Xena, whereas the latter pronunciation is likely influenced by the Slavic variant Kseniya.
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Also used in Spanish. In Catalan-speaking regions, the spelling Xènia is more used. [noted -ed]
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This is also a variant transcription of Russian Ксения : https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_Suhinova
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_Ivanov
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https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_Ivanov
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Xenia can also be used in Russia, in the form of Xeniya.
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I think that “Zenia” is much prettier and more elegant than “Xenia.”.
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The X initial makes it really unique.
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The Actor/Dancer main character in Dance Academy is called Xenia Goodwin and she pronounces it SHEN-ya (sort of like Jenya).
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In Greek, pronunced "kse-NEE-ah" and the English pronunciation is "ZEEN-ee-ə".
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I used the variant Kseniya in one of my stories to name a beautiful white wolf. I think it works really well, and I think of a gracious, pretty and loving girl when I hear it.
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Pronunced "KSEN-yah".
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A cool name. The way it looks is great!
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Actress Xenia Desni (1894-1962).
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Xenia Tchoumitcheva (b. 1987), a beautiful Swiss fashion model of Russian extraction.
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This name, with the spelling Xènia, is used in Catalan.
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I should add that some sites say that the Catalan Xènia originally developed as a nickname for Eugènia, the Catalan form of Eugenia, rather than from the Greek Xenia.
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Xenia Martinez (born 1994 in Chula Vista, California) is an American singer. She was in the top eight on the US reality singing competition "The Voice".
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Xenia Goodwin from Dance Academy (Australian show).
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Xenia is an unbelievably awesome name! It starts with an X, a rare and spunky starting letter; and it sounds close to Xena without actually being Xena: Warrior Princess. It also has a long history, with a famous namesake as early as the 5th century. Xenia is both elegant and legitimately "cool" at the same time.
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Another famous bearer of the name is the eighteenth-century Russian saint, St. Xenia of St. Petersburg.
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Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia was the younger sister of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
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I know a Polish girl who bears this name, spelled the original Greek way, instead of the common Polish way with the letter K. Her parents were born and raised in Poland, and they called her "IX-YEN-EE-A"
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The only Xenia I've ever met was from Spain, and she pronounced it SHEN-ya.
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Also, Famke Janssen's infamous Bond girl in GoldenEye is named Xenia Onatopp.
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An Anglicized version of this name, used in Australia, is Kesenya or Kasenya. Taken from the Russian Kseniya.
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I've known two Greek Xenias and they've both pronounced it Zen-ya.
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Pronounced: Ka-sain-yuh
Formerly Greek then transformed by the Polish to be spelled "Ksenia" and becoming a Russian name meaning "kind hospitable and generous". Grand Duchess Anasatia Romanoff's favorite aunt was named Ksenia; one of the few to escape the killing.
Contributed by Xenia Yevgenevna on 4/21/2008
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Formerly Greek then transformed by the Polish to be spelled "Ksenia" and becoming a Russian name meaning "kind hospitable and generous". Grand Duchess Anasatia Romanoff's favorite aunt was named Ksenia; one of the few to escape the killing.
Contributed by Xenia Yevgenevna on 4/21/2008
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Also used in Russia.
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Xenia, Ohio
Slightly in between Cincinnati and Columbus.
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Slightly in between Cincinnati and Columbus.
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It´s also the Czech and Slovak form. Pronounced as "Ksenya".
Name Day: 27th November (in the Czechia).
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Name Day: 27th November (in the Czechia).
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Xenia´s pet forms are Xenie, Xenin(k)a, Nina, Xenushe. Pronounced as: "Ksenia".
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Xenia was the name of one of Tsar Nicholas's sisters.
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I know several Russian people with this name, and they pronounce it Ks-ey-nee-uh. Somewhat better-sounding in my ears.
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Xenia Seeburg played the character Xev Bellringer of B3K on the science-fiction TV show "Lexx".
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Since masculine 'Xenos' means in Greek 'stranger', 'Xenia/Xena' could probably be interpreted as its feminine variant (like 'Barbara').
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