Given name & surname
Xia
“one who is hospitable; welcoming”
Xia is a variant of Xenia. One Greek interpretation is “one who is hospitable; welcoming.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Xia is a variant of Xenia. One Greek interpretation is “one who is hospitable; welcoming.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Xia is a variant of Xenia. An origin associated with Xenia is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 803
- 0 boys · 803 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,229 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,229 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,313 as a first name in 2020; 6,345 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Xia’s family of names
Xia has a related form in Xenia. In Greek usage, Xia as a surname is a transliteration of Ξια.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Xia
- Liu XiaChinese painter, poet and photographerborn 1961
- Ni XialianLuxembourgian table tennis playerborn 1963
- Liu XiaChinese Judokaborn 1979
- Ding XiaFemale Chinese volleyball playerborn 1990
- Cai XiaChinese political scientistborn 1952
- Xia VigorFilipino actressborn 2009
- Zhou XiaChinese para athletics competitorborn 1999
- Liu Xiaweightlifterborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.