# Xenia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/xenia/  
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” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈziːniə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ksenia, Kseniya, Xeniya |
| US babies named this | 2,937 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,937 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 325, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Doublet of Oksana.

## 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 | 74 | 2,482 |
| 2012 | 53 | 3,166 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,971 |
| 2014 | 35 | 4,263 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,887 |
| 2016 | 54 | 3,096 |
| 2017 | 53 | 3,088 |
| 2018 | 54 | 3,049 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,631 |
| 2020 | 54 | 3,013 |
| 2021 | 53 | 3,109 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,444 |
| 2023 | 76 | 2,394 |
| 2024 | 47 | 3,391 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,931 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Xenie
- Danish: Xenia, Zenia
- Finnish: Senja
- German: Xenia
- Latvian: Ksenija
- Polish: Ksenia
- Portuguese: Xenia
- Russian: Ксе́ния
- Ukrainian: Ксе́нія, Окса́на

## People named Xenia

- Xenia Stad-de Jong, Dutch sprinter
- Princess Xenia of Montenegro, daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro (1881-1960)
- Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome, 5th-century Christian saint
- Xenia Goodwin, actress from Australia
- Xenia Smits, German handball player
- Xenia Seeberg, German actress
- Xenia Hausner, Austrian artist, painter (born 1951)
- Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Danish equestrian; youngest daughter and child of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berl
- Ksenia Milicevic, French painter
- Ksenija Pajić, Croatian actress
- Kseniya Koçyiğit, Belarus-Azerbaijani volleyball player
- Ksenia Milevskaya, Belarusian tennis player

## 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.