Given name & surname
Xenia
“one who is hospitable; welcoming”
Xenia is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who is hospitable; welcoming.”
Original GreekΞενιά
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is hospitable; welcoming.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In English usage, Xenia developed from Ξενία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xenia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,937
- 0 boys · 2,937 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 76 babies
- 2025
- 58
- #2,931 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 58 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,931 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,606 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.
Xenia’s family of names
In English usage, Xenia shares an earlier linguistic root with Oksana. Xenia has a related form in Xia. In Danish usage, Xenia has a related form in Zenia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Xenia has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Xenia comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ξενίαroot · Ancient Greek
- KseniaPolish
- Oksanadoublet · English
- Ksenijacognate · Latvian
- SenjaFinnish
- Ksenjaequivalent
- КсенияRussian
- XenieCzech
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Xenia
- Ksenia SukhinovaRussian beauty queenborn 1987
- Ksenia SoloLatvian-Canadian actressborn 1987
- Xenia of Saint PetersburgRussian saint1719–1803
- Ksenia MilicevicFrench painterborn 1942
- Xenia Stad-de JongDutch sprinter1922–2012
- Ksenia Afanasyevagymnastborn 1991
- Ksenia PerovaRussian archerborn 1989
- Xenia TchoumitchevaSwiss model, actress, blogger and entrepreneurborn 1987
- Princess Xenia of Montenegrodaughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro (1881-1960)
Characters named Xenia: Xenia Onatopp (James Bond film GoldenEye).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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