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Xenia (name)

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Gender
  
female

Meaning
  
"hospitality"

Word/name
  
Greek

Related names
  
Ksenia, Kseniya, Oksana, Senja, Xena, Xeniya

Kseniya (also Xeniya, Ksenia, Kseniya, Ksenija or Xena; derived from Greek ξενία xenia - "hospitality") is a female name used mainly in Russia, Ukraine and Greece. In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 1990s, 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), Axana (Belarusian: Ксенiя, Аксана), Ksenija (Slovenia, Croatia); Xénia (Hungary); Senja (Finland), and Ksenija (Ксенија) (Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia), Аксиния Bulgaria .

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Name days:

  • Greece: January 24
  • Czech Republic: November 27
  • Slovakia: June 2
  • Hungary: July 30
  • Finland: January 24
  • Russia: February 6
  • Poland: April 16

    • 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
  • Ksenia Svetlova (born 1978), Israeli member of parliament

    • 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 sometimes referred to as Xenia or Xenija
  • 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
  • Ksenyia Tuhai (born 1995), Belarusian cyclist
  • Kseniya Ustalova (born 1988), athlete

    • Xenia

  • Xenia, a theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup X (mtDNA)
  • Xenia (singer), a singer in the finals of season 1 of the TV series The Voice
  • Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875–1960), sister of Tsar Nicholas II
  • Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (1903–1965)
  • Princess Xenia of Montenegro (1887–1960)
  • Saint Xenia, several people
  • Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome (died c. 450), 5th century Orthodox saint
  • Xenia Deli (born 1989), model
  • Xenia Desni, Ukrainian actress of the silent era
  • Ksenia Godunova (1582–1622), Russian tsarevna
  • Xenia Goodwin (born February 1994), Australian actress and dancer
  • Xenia Gratsos, Greek-American actress
  • Xenia Kalogeropoulou (born 1936), Greek actress
  • Xenia Onatopp, a fictional villainess from James Bond's GoldenEye
  • Xenia Seeberg (born 1972), German actress
  • Xenia Shestova (?–1631), Russian nun and mother of Mikhail I of Russia
  • Xenia Smetanenko, ice dancer
  • Xenia of Saint Petersburg (c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803), patron saint
  • Xenia Tchoumitcheva (born 1989), Russian-Swiss actress

    • References

    Xenia (name) Wikipedia
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