Xenia (name)

Xenia or Xena is a Greek female first name.

Word origin and meaning

The name derives from the Greek word ξενία (the Hospitable ') or ξένα ( the strangers ' ) from, the common connection for the guest and the host is typical. Today is known in Greece as strangers Xeni.

Anniversaries

  • January 24 ( orthod., Gregorian: February 6, after both St.; kopt after Xena of Rome. )
  • September 11 ( catholic, Canonization of Xenia of St. Petersburg)
  • December 27, December 30 ( armen., after Xena of Rome)

Variants

Other forms of the name:

  • Axinja
  • Xena
  • Xenja, Xenija, Xeniya, Kseniya or Ksenija

A variant is the name Polixenia or Polyxena, such as was the sister of Cassandra.

Famous names winners

  • Xenia Georgia Assenza, German actress (* 1990)
  • Xenia Desni, Russian actress (1897-1962)
  • Xenia Goodwin, Australian dancer and actress (* 1994)
  • Xenia Gratsos, Greek - American actress ( b. 1940 )
  • Xenia Hausner, Austrian painter and stage designer ( b. 1951 )
  • Xenia Löffler, German Barockoboistin
  • Petsitis, development engineer and author ( b. 1967 )
  • Xenia Pörtner, German actress (1932-2005)
  • Xenia Prinzessin von Sachsen, German television personality (* 1986)
  • Xenia Seeberg, German actress ( b. 1972 )
  • Xénia Siska, Hungarian track and field athlete ( b. 1957 )
  • Xenia Smits ( * 1994), German handball player
  • Xenia Stad -de Jong, Dutch athlete (1922-2012)

Others

  • Xenia, character in the opera Boris Gudonow by Modest Mussorgsky
Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome Xenia of Saint Petersburg Boris Godunov (opera)
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