Given name · Russian · rsk
Ксения
“hospitable”
Ксения (Ksénija) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “hospitable.” It is used in Russian and Pannonian Rusyn.
Russian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Xenia.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Ксения developed from Ξενία.
Ксения’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Ксения developed from the Ancient Greek form Ξενία. In Russian usage, Ксения has a conventional equivalent in the English form Xenia. In Russian usage, Ксения has a conventional equivalent in the Estonian form KSENIA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ксения has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Ксения comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ксения
- Ksenia SobchakRussian television personality and politicianborn 1981
- Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of RussiaGrand Duchess of Russia (1875–1960); fourth child and elder daughter of Alexander III of Russia and Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
- Kseniya RappoportRussian actress (born 1974)
- Ksenia PervakRussian tennis playerborn 1991
- Ksenia Stolbovafigure skaterborn 1992
- Ksenia Makarovafigure skaterborn 1992
- Xenia FedorovaPro-Russian commentator, former News Director of RT Franceborn 1980
- Xenia Shestovamother of Tsar Mikhail Romanov1560–1631
- Kseniya KovalenkoRussian association football playerborn 1995
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