Female name
When is Xenia’s name day?
Ξένη · Xeni
Main name day
Saint Xenia of Rome
The Greek name Ξένη (Xeni) is celebrated on 24 January.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Xenia of Rome5th centuryNoblewoman from Rome who lived as an ascetic at Mylasa in Caria.Xenia was originally named Eusebia and came from a wealthy family in Rome. To avoid a marriage her parents were imposing on her, she fled in secret with two faithful servants, passed through Kos and settled in Mylasa in Caria, taking the name Xenia.Read more
- Saint Xenia the Great Martyr4th centuryMartyr from Kalamata who, according to tradition, refused to marry the city's pagan governor and was beheaded in the early 4th century.Xenia was born in Kalamata in 291 AD, the daughter of pious Christians who had fled there from Italy to escape persecution. From childhood she devoted herself to fasting, prayer, and helping the poor, widows and orphans.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Ξένια
- In Latin letters
- Xeni, Xenia
- English equivalents
- Xenia
- In Greek
- Ξένη