Xenia
From the Greek *xenia*, the word for hospitality: the duty a house owes whoever stands at the door. In Poland it stays rare, given only to girls, and most Poles have never met one.
Xenia Pronunciation
What Xenia means
Where Xenia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Xenia begins in Greek, in the word xenia, the duty of hospitality owed to a guest. Its root is xenos, meaning stranger or guest. The same root sits inside the English word xenophobia, though the sense there runs the other way. For the Greeks this welcome was a serious obligation, and Zeus watched over it as Zeus Xenios, protector of guests.
So the name means something plain. Hospitality, gościnność: the way a house treats whoever stands at the door.
On a Polish class register Xenia stands out, short and Greek among the Katarzynas and Annas. A child with this name grows up learning to spell it and to say where it comes from, and the origin is easy to give: Greek xenia, hospitality.
How many people are named Xenia
1 in 107865 women in Poland is named Xenia. 209 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2172 among female names.
Xenia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Xenia is most popular
Xenia is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 girls born+510%
Xenia as a middle name
Xenia is a first name for 209 women in Poland and a middle name for another 43, an 83/17 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1060th, between Veronique (43) and Agathe (42).
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#1058 Tonia43
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#1059 Veronique43
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#1060 Xenia43
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#1061 Agathe42
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#1062 Estela42