Gender | female |
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Word/name | Greek |
Meaning | "hospitality" |
Related names | Ksenia, Kseniya, Oksana, Senja, Xena, Xeniya |
Kseniya (also Xeniya, Ksenia, Kseniya, Ksenija or Xena; derived from Greek ξενία xenia - "hospitality") is a female name used mainly in Russia,Ukraine and Greece. In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 1990s, it appears mainly in Galician Xenia [ˈʃenia], and in Catalan Xènia [ˈʃɛniə] where it is a traditional diminutive of Eugènia. Related names include: Oksana (Ukrainian: Ксенія, Оксана; Russian: Ксения, Оксана), (Belarusian: Ксенiя, Аксана), Ksenija (Slovenia, Croatia); Xénia (Hungary); Senja (Finland), and Ksenija (Ксенија) (Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia), Аксиния Bulgaria .