Given name
Ksenija
“hospitable”
Ksenija is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “hospitable.” It is used in Latvian and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Ksenija developed from Ξενία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ksenija through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 189 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ksenija’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Ksenija shares a linguistic root with the English form Xenia. In Croatian usage, Ksenija has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form KSENIA. In Latvian usage, Ksenija has a conventional equivalent in the English form Xenia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ksenija has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Ksenija comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ksenija
- Ksenija BaltaEstonian athletics competitor (born 1986)
- Ksenija AtanasijevićSerbian philosopher (1894-1981)
- Ksenija Pajčinsinger and dancer (1977.–2010.)
- Ksenija MarinkovićCroatian actressborn 1966
- Ksenija SidorovaLatvian accordionistborn 1988
- Ksenija Jastsenjskifigure skaterborn 1982
- Ksenija KlampferSlovene politicianborn 1976
- Ksenija MiloševićSerbian singerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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