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Xenia - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Xenia
 
 

 


The girl name Xenia [ syll. xe-nia, xen-ia ] is pronounced as ZIYNiyah KEY. Xenia is used predominantly in English and German, and its origin is Old Greek. Derived literally from the elements 'xenos' which means foreigner ; 'xenia' which means hospitable. Xenia (Old Greek) is an old form of the name. The name is from the Greek word 'xenia', which is from 'xenos'. Oksana (Russian), Oxana (Russian), Zena (English), Zenia (English and Italian), and Zina (English) are variants of Xenia.

Xenia is uncommon as a baby name for girls. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Xenia include Zenia (English and Italian), Zsuzsanna (Hungarian), Zuzana (Czech), Zuzanna (Polish), Zena (English), and Zina (English).

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


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