# Xena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/xena/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “hospitable”, “foreign”, “strange” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈziː.nə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,513 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,513 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 399, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possibly a variant of Xenia, from Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”), the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 4,461 |
| 2012 | 52 | 3,208 |
| 2013 | 69 | 2,595 |
| 2014 | 73 | 2,495 |
| 2015 | 95 | 2,078 |
| 2016 | 111 | 1,864 |
| 2017 | 157 | 1,447 |
| 2018 | 174 | 1,312 |
| 2019 | 193 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 214 | 1,129 |
| 2021 | 191 | 1,235 |
| 2022 | 251 | 1,025 |
| 2023 | 235 | 1,063 |
| 2024 | 180 | 1,291 |
| 2025 | 177 | 1,270 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: زِينَا
- Chinese: 齊娜 /齐娜
- Greek: Ζήνα
- Hebrew: זינה
- Hindi: क्षेन
- Japanese: ジーナ
- Korean: 제나
- Russian: Зе́на, Зи́на

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.