Xenia
About Xenia
The name of a Christian saint and a city in Ohio, Xenia is one of the more accessible and intriguing x names. It is the name of one of the Bond Girls--played by Famke Janssen in the film "GoldenEye."
Sometimes spelled Ksenia to reflect the traditional Greek pronunciation (kseh-NEE-uh), Xenia is also pronounced ZEEN-ee-ah or SHEN-yah.
Pronounced ZEN-yuh; ZHEN-yuh.
As of October 2026, Xenia ranked #2931 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1482 in 1894.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,263 | 35 | 19.6 |
| 2015 | #2,886 | 61 | 34.2 |
| 2016 | #3,096 | 54 | 30.5 |
| 2017 | #3,088 | 53 | 30.7 |
| 2018 | #3,048 | 54 | 31.7 |
| 2019 | #2,630 | 67 | 39.9 |
| 2020 | #3,007 | 54 | 33.4 |
| 2021 | #3,107 | 53 | 32.3 |
| 2022 | #2,444 | 75 | 45.7 |
| 2023 | #2,413 | 75 | 46.7 |
| 2024 | #3,374 | 47 | 29 |
| 2025 | #2,931 | 58 | 36.1 |
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Xenia on lists
Famous Xenias
- Saint Xenia of St. Petersburg (born Xenia Grigoryevna Petrova)
Russian woman who gave all her possessions to the poor after her husband died.
- Xenia Alexandrovna
Grand Duchess of Russia
- Xenia Georgievna
Princess of Russia, daughter of Grand Duke George Mihailovich
- Xenia Petrovic
Njegoš, Princess of Montenegro
- Xenia Andreevna Romanoff
Princess of Russia
- Xenia (Edith Martinez)
American pop singer
- Xenia Goodwin
Australian dancer and actress
- Xenia Knoll
Swiss tennis player
- Xenia Stad
de Jong, Dutch Olympic sprinter
- Xenia Seeberg
German actress
- Xenia Gabriela Florence Sophie Iris of Saxony
actress and reality TV personality; daughter of Princess Iris of Saxony
- Xenia Tchoumitcheva
Russian,Swiss model and actress
- Xenia Shestova
Russian nun; mother of Tsar Michael I
- Xenia Tolstoy
Miloslavsky, Countess of Tolstoy, Lady Buckhurst, Russian,British philanthropist
- Xenia Margarita Anne
Princess of Hohenlohe,Langenburg; daughter of Prince Kraft
- Xenia Kilianova
Slovakian rhythmic gymnast
Xenia in pop culture
- Xenia Sergeyevna Onatopp
Bond girl in film "Goldeneye"
- Xenia
main character in Barbara Cartland's "Love Leaves at Midnight"
- Xenia (Greek trans: "guest
friendship") is the ancient Greek concept of hospitality, the generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home. The Greek god Zeus is sometimes called Zeus Xenios in his role as a protector of travelers. The concept of Xenia is directly opposed to that of xenophobia (fear/hate towards foreigners).