Xenia (name)

Xenia (variants include Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija, Kseniya; derived from Greek ξενία xenia, "hospitality")^[a] is a female given name. The below sections list notable people with one of the variants of this given name.

Xenia

Gender	Female
Name day	Czech Republic: November 27 Finland: January 24 Greece: January 24 Hungary: July 30 Poland: April 16 Slovakia: June 2
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	"foreigner", "outlander", "welcomed guest" "hospitality"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija, Kseniya
Related names	Oksana, Senja

Related names include Oksana (Ukrainian: Оксана, Ксенія, (Belarusian: Ксенiя, Аксана), Ксения (Russia), Ksenija (Slovenia, Croatia, Lithuania; Ксенија, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia); Kseniya (Bulgarian: Ксения); Xénia (Hungary), and Senja (Finland). In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 1990s,^{[according to whom?]} it appears mainly in Galician as Xenia [ˈʃenia], and in Catalan as Xènia [ˈʃɛniə].

Ksenia

Actresses

• Ksenia Alfyorova (born 1974), Bulgarian-born actress and television presenter in Russia
• Ksenia Khairova (born 1969), Russian stage and film actress
• Ksenia Solo (born 1987), Latvian-Canadian actress

Artistic gymnasts

• Ksenia Afanasyeva (born 1991), Russian artistic gymnast
• Ksenia Dudkina (born 1995), Russian group rhythmic gymnast
• Ksenia Dzhalaganiya (born 1985), Russian group rhythmic gymnast
• Ksenia Kamkova (born 2002), Russian artistic gymnast
• Ksenia Klimenko (born 2003), Russian artistic gymnast
• Ksenia Polyakova (born 2000), Russian group rhythmic gymnast
• Ksenia Sankovich (born 1990), Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
• Ksenia Semyonova (born 1992), Russian artistic gymnast

Badminton players

• Ksenia Evgenova (born 1996), Russian badminton player
• Ksenia Polikarpova (born 1990), Russian-Israeli badminton player

Footballers (soccer players)

• Ksenia Garanina (born 1997), Russian-Armenian footballer
• Ksenia Khairulina (born 1997), Kazakhstani footballer
• Ksenia Tsybutovich (born 1987), Russian footballer

Ice skaters / ice dancers

• Ksenia Antonova (born 1990), Russian ice dancer
• Ksenia Caesar (1889 – after 1939), Russian ice skater
• Ksenia Doronina (born 1990), Russian ice skater
• Ksenia Konkina (born 2001), Russian ice dancer
• Ksenia Krasilnikova (born 1991), Russian ice skater
• Ksenia Makarova (born 1992), Russian-American ice skater
• Ksenia Monko (born 1992), Russian ice dancer
• Ksenia Ozerova (born 1991), Russian ice skater
• Ksenia Pecherkina (born 1993), Latvian ice dancer
• Ksenia Smetanenko (born 1979), Russian-Armenia ice skater
• Ksenia Stolbova (born 1992), Russian ice skater

Models

• Ksenia Kahnovich (born 1987), Russian fashion model
• Ksenia Kuprina (1908–1981), French model and actress
• Ksenia Sukhinova (born 1987), Russian model, television host, and beauty queen; Miss World 2008

Singers

• Ksenia Novikova (born 1980), Russian singer, actress, and songwriter
• Ksenia Sitnik (born 1995), Belarusian singer
• Ksenija Knežević (born 1996), Montenegrin singer

Tennis players

• Ksenia Aleshina (born 2003), Russian tennis player
• Ksenia Gaydarzhi (born 1995), Russian tennis player
• Ksenia Lykina (born 1990), Russian tennis player
• Ksenia Milevskaya (born 1990), Belarusian tennis player
• Ksenia Palkina (born 1989), Russian tennis player
• Ksenia Pervak (born 1991), Russian tennis player

Other sports

• Ksenia Alopina (born 1992), Russian alpine ski racer
• Ksenia Chernykh (fl. 2006–2010), Russian mountain biker
• Ksenia Chibisova (born 1988), Russian judoka
• Ksenia Kablukova (born 1998), Russian ski jumper
• Ksenia Kurach (born 1997), Russian sprint canoeist
• Ksenia Ovsyannikova (born 1985), Russian wheelchair fencer
• Ksenia Parubets (born 1994), Russian volleyball player
• Ksenia Perova (born 1989), Russian archer
• Ksenia Popova (born 1988), Russian open water swimmer
• Ksenia Tikhonenko (born 1993), Russian basketball player
• Ksenia Zadorina (born 1987), Russian sprinter
• Ksenia Zakordonskaya (born 2003), Russian handballer

Other non-sporting

• Ksenia Anske (barn 1976), Russian-born American author of short fiction and novels
• Ksenia Goryacheva (born 1996), Russian political figure
• Ksenia Kepping (1937–2002), Russian linguist
• Ksenia Milicevic (born 1942), French painter, architect and town planner
• Ksenia Pokrovsky (1942–2013), Russian-American religious painter
• Ksenia Aleksandrovna Razumova (born 1931), Russian physicist
• Ksenia Schnaider, Ukrainian clothing designer
• Ksenia Sobchak (born 1981), Russian public figure, TV anchor, and journalist
• Ksenia Svetlova (born 1977), Israeli politician and journalist
• Ksenia Zsikhotska (born 1989), Ukrainian dancer and choreographer

Kseniia

• Kseniia Akhanteva (born 2002), Russian pair skater
• Kseniia Aleksandrova (born 2000), Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast
• Kseniia Krimer (born 1992), Russian water polo player
• Kseniia Levchenko (born 1996), Russian basketball player
• Kseniia Levkovska (born 1989), Ukrainian triathlete
• Kseniia Sinitsyna (born 2004), Russian figure skater
• Kseniia Tsymbalyuk (born 1997), Russian road and track cyclist
• Kseniia Zastavska, Ukrainian poet, writer and screenwriter

Ksenija

Actresses

• Ksenija Marinković (born 1966), Croatian film, television and theatre actress
• Ksenija Pajić (born 1961), Croatian actress

Singers

• Ksenija Knežević (born 1996), Serbian-Montenegrin singer
• Ksenija Milošević (born 1982), Serbian singer
• Ksenija Pajčin (1977–2010), Serbian singer and model; sometimes referred to as Xenia or Xenija

Track & field athletes

• Ksenija Balta (born 1986), Estonian long jumper, sprinter, and heptathlete
• Ksenija Predikaka (born 1970), Slovenian long jumper

Other sports

• Ksenija Jastsenjski (born 1982), Serbian figure skater
• Ksenija Voishal (born 1994), Belarusian basketball player

Other non-sporting

• Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981), Serbian philosopher
• Ksenija Bulatović (born 1967), Serbian architect
• Ksenija Lukich (born 1990), Serbian-Australian model
• Ksenija Pavlovic, Belgrade-born American journalist and author
• Ksenija Sidorova (born 1988), Latvian accordionist
• Ksenija Turković (born 1964), Croatian jurist
• Ksenija Zečević (1956–2006), Serbian pianist

Kseniya

Actresses

• Kseniya Alexandrova (born 1994), Russian model and actress
• Kseniya Borodina (born 1983), Russian television presenter and actress
• Kseniya Kachalina (born 1971), Russian actress
• Kseniya Kutepova (born 1971), Russian actress
• Kseniya Mishyna (born 1989), Ukrainian film and stage actress
• Kseniya Rappoport (born 1974), Russian actress

Footballers

• Kseniya Kovalenko (born 1990), Russian footballer
• Kseniya Senina (fl. 2010), Uzbekistani footballer

Handballers

• Kseniya Makeyeva (born 1990), Russian handballer
• Kseniya Milova (born 1992), Russian handballer
• Kseniya Nikandrova (born 1987), Kazakhstani handballer

Runners / sprinters

• Kseniya Agafonova (born 1983), Russian long-distance runner
• Kseniya Aksyonova (born 1988), Russian sprinter
• Kseniya Karandyuk (born 1986), Ukrainian sprinter
• Kseniya Ryzhova (born 1987), Russian sprinter

Other sports

• Kseniya Baylo (born 2005), Ukrainian diver
• Kseniya Dobrynina (born 1994), Russian racing cyclist
• Kseniya Dziatsuk (born 1986), Belarusian triple jumper
• Kseniya Grigoreva (born 1987), Uzbekistani alpine skier
• Kseniya Markitantova (born 1981), Ukrainian Paralympic archer
• Kseniya Moskvina (born 1989), Russian swimmer
• Kseniya Moustafaeva (born 1995), Belarus-born French rhythmic gymnast
• Kseniya Pantelyeyeva (born 1994), Ukrainian fencer
• Kseniya Sadouskaya (born 1991), Belarusian speed skater
• Kseniya Stankevich (born 1996), Belarusian freestyle wrestler
• Kseniya Sydorenko (born 1986), Ukrainian synchronized swimmer
• Ksenyia Tuhai (born 1995), Belarusian cyclist
• Kseniya Zikunkova (born 1979), Belarusian biathlete

Other non-sporting

• Kseniya Boguslavskaya (1892–1972), Russian artist
• Kseniya Garaschuk (born 1982), Minsk-born Canadian mathematician
• Kseniya Konstantinova (1925–1943), Red Army medic and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Kseniya Ryabinkina, Russian ballet dancer
• Kseniya Simonova (born 1985), Ukrainian artist
• Kseniya Yorsh (born 1990), Belarusian-born film producer in the United States

Xenia

Actresses

• Xenia Desni (1894–1962), Ukrainian actress of the silent era
• Xenia Goodwin (born 1994), Australian actress and dancer
• Xenia Gratsos (1940–2018), Greek-American actress
• Xenia Kalogeropoulou (born 1936), Greek actress
• Xenia Seeberg (born 1967), German film and television actress
• Xenia Tchoumitcheva (born 1987), Russian-Swiss model and actress
• Xenia Valderi (1921–2008), Yugoslav-born Italian actress

Aristocrats

• Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875–1960), sister of Tsar Nicholas II
• Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (1903–1965), daughter of Grand Duke George Mihailovich of Russia
• Princess Xenia of Montenegro (1887–1960), daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro
• Xenia of Yaroslavl (died c. 1290), regent of Yaroslavl
• Xenia Borisovna (1582–1622), daughter of Tsar Boris Godunov

Dancers

• Xenia Borovansky (1903–1985), Russian-born dancer and choreographer, based in Australia after 1939
• Xenia Makletzova (1892–1974), Russian ballet dancer
• Xenia Zarina (1903–1967), American dancer

Musicians

• Xenia Jankovic (born 1958), Serbian-Russian cellist
• Xenia Boodberg Lee (1927–2004), American pianist
• Xénia Maliarevitch (born 1980), French classical pianist

Religious figures

• Saint Xenia (disambiguation), several people
• Xenia of Rome (died c. 450), saint of the 5th century
• Xenia of Saint Petersburg (c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803), patron saint

Singers

• Xenia (singer) (born 1994; Xenia Edith Martinez), singer on the TV series The Voice
• Xenia Belmas (1890–1981), Ukrainian soprano
• Xênia França (born 1986), Brazilian singer-songwriter
• Xenia Rubinos (born 1985), American singer-songwriter

Swimmers

• Xenia Palazzo (born 1998), Italian Paralympic swimmer
• Xenia Peni (born 1983), Papua New Guinean swimmer

Volleyball players

• Xenia Ivanov (born 1970), Romanian volleyball player
• Xenia Staffelbach (born 1998), Swiss volleyball player

Other sports

• Xenia Estrada (born 1990), Salvadoran cyclist
• Xenia Georgiou (born 1988), Cypriot footballer
• Xenia Knoll (born 1992), Swiss tennis player
• Xénia Krizsán (born 1993), Hungarian heptathlete
• Xénia Siska (born 1957), Hungarian hurdler
• Xenia Smits (born 1994), Belgian-born German handballer
• Xenia Stad-de Jong (1922–2012), Dutch sprinter

Other non-sporting

• Xenia, name given by Bryan Sykes to a theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup X (mtDNA)
• Xenia Benivolski, Canadian art curator
• Xenia Cage (1913–1995), American surrealist sculptor
• Xenia Deli (born 1989), Moldovan-American model
• Xenia Denikina (1892–1973), Russian writer
• Xenia Ghali (born 1989), Greek songwriter, record producer and disc jockey
• Xenia Hausner (born 1951), Austrian painter and stage designer
• Xenia Onatopp, a fictional villainess from James Bond's GoldenEye
• Xenia de la Ossa (born 1958), Costa Rican physicist
• Xenia Shestova (1560–1631), Russian nun and mother of Mikhail I of Russia
• Xenia Wickett, British-American executive coach and international advisor

Other variants

• Aksinya Sergeeva (1726–1756), Russian ballerina
• Ksenya Stepanycheva (born 1978), Russian playwright
• Xeniya Volnukhina (born 1982), Kazakhstani handballer
• Xènius, male version, nom de plume of Eugenio d'Ors
• Zenia Stampe (born 1979), Danish politician

See also

• All pages with titles starting with: Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija, Kseniya, Xenia
• All pages with titles containing: Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija, Kseniya, Xenia
• Xenia (disambiguation)
• Xena (disambiguation)

Notes

1. Other sources point the word ξένος [ksénos], 'foreigner', as the origin of the name. This would be equivalent to the Latin name Barbara which also means 'foreigner'.