Xenia
Where Xenia comes from
From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Doublet of Oksana.
- Ancient Greek
- 3 syllables
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 1894Debut at its peak, #1,353#1,353 among girls with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
- 1896The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
- A female given name from Ancient Greek of mainly historical use in English.
Namesakes
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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.