Xenia (name) explained
| Xenia |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | "foreigner", "outlander", "welcomed guest" "hospitality" |
| Origin: | Greek |
| Variant Forms: | Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija |
| Related Names: | Oksana, Senja |
Xenia (variants include Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija, Kseniya; derived from Greek ξενία xenia, "hospitality") is a female given name. The below sections list notable people with one of the variants of this given name.
Related names include Oksana (Ксенія, (Belarusian: Ксенiя, Аксана), Ксения (Russia), Ksenija (Slovenia, Croatia, Lithuania; Ксенија, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia); Kseniya ; Xénia (Hungary), and Senja (Finland). In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 1990s, it appears mainly in Galician as Xenia pronounced as /pt/, and in Catalan as Xènia in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˈʃɛniə/.
Ksenia
Actresses
Artistic gymnasts
Badminton players
Footballers (soccer players)
Ice skaters / ice dancers
- Ksenia Antonova (born 1990), Russian ice dancer
- Ksenia Caesar (1889 – after 1939), Russian ice skater
- Ksenia Doronina (born 1990), Russian ice skater
- Ksenia Konkina (born 2001), Russian ice dancer
- Ksenia Krasilnikova (born 1991), Russian ice skater
- Ksenia Makarova (born 1992), Russian-American ice skater
- Ksenia Monko (born 1992), Russian ice dancer
- Ksenia Ozerova (born 1991), Russian ice skater
- Ksenia Pecherkina (born 1993), Latvian ice dancer
- Ksenia Smetanenko (born 1979), Russian-Armenia ice skater
- Ksenia Stolbova (born 1992), Russian ice skater
Models
Singers
Tennis players
Other sports
- Ksenia Alopina (born 1992), Russian alpine ski racer
- Ksenia Chernykh (fl. 2006–2010), Russian mountain biker
- Ksenia Chibisova (born 1988), Russian judoka
- Ksenia Kablukova (born 1998), Russian ski jumper
- Ksenia Kurach (born 1997), Russian sprint canoeist
- Ksenia Ovsyannikova (born 1985), Russian wheelchair fencer
- Ksenia Parubets (born 1994), Russian volleyball player
- Ksenia Perova (born 1989), Russian archer
- Ksenia Popova (born 1988), Russian open water swimmer
- Ksenia Tikhonenko (born 1993), Russian basketball player
- Ksenia Zadorina (born 1987), Russian sprinter
- Ksenia Zakordonskaya (born 2003), Russian handballer
- Ksenia Zsikhotska (born 1989), Ukrainian dancer and choreographer
Other non-sporting
- Ksenia Anske (barn 1976), Russian-born American author of short fiction and novels
- Ksenia Goryacheva (born 1996), Russian political figure
- Ksenia Kepping (1937–2002), Russian linguist
- Ksenia Milicevic (born 1942), French painter, architect and town planner
- Ksenia Pokrovsky (1942–2013), Russian-American religious painter
- Ksenia Aleksandrovna Razumova (born 1931), Russian physicist
- Ksenia Schnaider, Ukrainian clothing designer
- Ksenia Sobchak (born 1981), Russian public figure, TV anchor, and journalist
- Ksenia Svetlova (born 1977), Israeli politician and journalist
Kseniia
Ksenija
Actresses
Singers
Track & field athletes
Other sports
Other non-sporting
Kseniya
Actresses
Footballers
Handballers
Runners / sprinters
Other sports
- Kseniya Baylo (born 2005), Ukrainian diver
- Kseniya Dobrynina (born 1994), Russian racing cyclist
- Kseniya Dziatsuk (born 1986), Belarusian triple jumper
- Kseniya Grigoreva (born 1987), Uzbekistani alpine skier
- Kseniya Markitantova (born 1981), Ukrainian Paralympic archer
- Kseniya Moskvina (born 1989), Russian swimmer
- Kseniya Moustafaeva (born 1995), Belarus-born French rhythmic gymnast
- Kseniya Pantelyeyeva (born 1994), Ukrainian fencer
- Kseniya Sadouskaya (born 1991), Belarusian speed skater
- Kseniya Stankevich (born 1996), Belarusian freestyle wrestler
- Kseniya Sydorenko (born 1986), Ukrainian synchronized swimmer
- Ksenyia Tuhai (born 1995), Belarusian cyclist
- Kseniya Zikunkova (born 1979), Belarusian biathlete
Other non-sporting
Xenia
Actresses
Aristocrats
Dancers
Musicians
Religious figures
Singers
Swimmers
Volleyball players
Other sports
Other non-sporting
- Xenia, name given by Bryan Sykes to a theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup X (mtDNA)
- Xenia Benivolski, Canadian art curator
- Xenia Cage (1913–1995), American surrealist sculptor
- Xenia Deli (born 1989), Moldovan-American model
- Xenia Denikina (1892–1973), Russian writer
- Xenia Dyakonova (born 1965), Russian poet and translator
- Xenia Ghali (born 1989), Greek songwriter, record producer and disc jockey
- Xenia Hausner (born 1951), Austrian painter and stage designer
- Xenia Onatopp, a fictional villainess from James Bond's GoldenEye
- Xenia de la Ossa (born 1958), Costa Rican physicist
- Xenia Shestova (1560–1631), Russian nun and mother of Mikhail I of Russia
- Xenia Wickett, British-American executive coach and international advisor
Other variants
See also
