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Female given name
Xenia Gender Female
Name day Czech Republic: November 27 Finland: January 24 Greece: January 24 Hungary: July 30 Poland: April 16 Slovakia: June 2 Word/name
Greek Meaning "foreigner", "outlander", "welcomed guest" "hospitality" Variant form(s) Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija Related names Oksana, Senja
Xenia (variants include Ksenia , Kseniia , Ksenija , Kseniya ; derived from
Greek
ξενία
xenia , "hospitality")
[a] is a female
given name . The below sections list notable people with one of the variants of this given name.
Related names include
Oksana (
Ukrainian : Оксана , Ксенія, (
Belarusian : Ксенiя, Аксана ), Ксения (Russia), Ksenija (Slovenia, Croatia, Lithuania; Ксенија, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia); Kseniya (
Bulgarian : Ксения ); Xénia (Hungary), and Senja (Finland). In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 1990s,[
according to whom? ] it appears mainly in
Galician as Xenia
[ˈʃenia] , and in
Catalan as Xènia
[ˈʃɛniə] .
Ksenia
Actresses
Artistic gymnasts
Badminton 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
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
Notes
^ Other sources point the word ξένος [ksénos ], 'foreigner', as the origin of the name. This would be equivalent to the Latin name
Barbara which also means 'foreigner'.