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Xena - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Xena

[ 2 syll. xe-na, xen-a ] The girl name Xena is pronounced ZIYNah KEY. Xena's language of origin is Old Greek. It is predominantly used in English and Greek. Xena is a form of Xenia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Romanian).

Xena is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1996, 0.015% of baby girls were named Xena. It had a ranking of #759 then. The baby name has steeply dropped in popularity since then, and is currently of only irregular use. Within all girl names in its family, Xena was nevertheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Xena include Zeena (English), Zena (English, Greek, Italian, and Romanian), Zina (Czech, English, Greek, and Russian), Xoana (Galician), Zana (Hebrew and English), Zanna (Latvian), Zayna (Arabic), Zenna (English), Zhanna (Russian), Zihna, Zona (English), Xenia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Romanian), Xuan (Vietnamese), Jumoke (Yoruban), Zania (English), Zenia (English, Greek, and Italian), Zhen, Ziazan (Armenian), Zigana, and Zinia (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Xena: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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