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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Xenia
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1894
    Debut at its peak, #1,353
    #1,353 among girls with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1896
    The fade
    The 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.