Xenia (name)

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Xenia Given Name
Gender	female
Meaning	"hospitality"
Origin	Greek
Related names	Ksenia, Kseniya, Oksana, Senja Xena, Xeniya
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Xenia

Xenia (also Xeniya, Ksenia, Kseniya, or Xena; derived from Greek ξενία [xenia] - "hospitality".^[1]) is a female name used mainly in Russia^[2] and Greece. In Spain, although it started to become more popular name during the 90s, it appears mainly in Galician - Xenia ['ʃenja] and in Catalan - Xènia ['ʃεnia] where it is a traditional diminutive of Eugènia. Related names include: Oksana (Оксана), (Ukraine); Ksenija (Slovenia, Croatia); Xénia (Hungary); Senja (Finland), and Ksenija (Ксенија) (Serbia, Montenegro and Republic of Macedonia).

Name days:

• Czech Republic: November 27
• Slovakia: June 2
• Hungary: July 30
• Finland: January 24
• Russia: February 6

[edit] Notable namesakes

• Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia
• Xenia of St. Petersburg
• Xenia Onatopp (James Bond villain)
• Xenia Seeberg actress and star of 'Lexx'

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Other fonts 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])