Xenia (name)
Encyclopedia
Kseniya is a female name used mainly in Russia
and Greece
. In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 90s, it appears mainly in Galician
Xenia ˈʃenja and in Catalan
Xènia ˈʃɛniə, where it is a traditional diminutive of Eugènia. Related names include: Oksana (in Russian
and Ukrainian
: Оксана), Ksenija (Slovenia
, Croatia
); Xénia (Hungary
); Senja (Finland
), and Ksenija (Ксенија) (Serbia
, Montenegro
and Republic of Macedonia
).
Name day
s:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. In Spain, although it started to become more popular during the 90s, it appears mainly in Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
Xenia ˈʃenja and in Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
Xènia ˈʃɛniə, where it is a traditional diminutive of Eugènia. Related names include: Oksana (in Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
and Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
: Оксана), Ksenija (Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
); Xénia (Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
); Senja (Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
), and Ksenija (Ксенија) (Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
and Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
).
Name day
Name day
A name day is a tradition in many countries in Europe and Latin America that consists of celebrating the day of the year associated with one's given name....
s:
- Greece: January 24
- Czech Republic: November 27
- Slovakia: June 2
- Hungary: July 30
- Finland: January 24
- Russia: February 6
Ksenia
- Ksenia AntonovaKsenia AntonovaKsenia Antonova is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Roman Mylnikov, she won two bronze medals on the Junior Grand Prix.In March 2007, she teamed up with the German ice dancer Paul Boll, but the partnership did not last.-Competitive highlights:...
, ice dancer - Ksenia AfanasyevaKsenia AfanasyevaKsenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2011 World Champion in the Floor Exercise, and represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the 1st day of competition, Ksenia qualified in 6th for the all around, however she did not qualify because of the two per...
(born 1991), gymnast - Ksenia ChernykhKsenia ChernykhKsenia Chernykh is a Russian mountain bike orienteer and World Champion. She won individual gold medals at the 2007 and 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and a relay gold medal in 2006.-Mountain bike orienteering career:...
, orienteer - Ksenia DoroninaKsenia DoroninaKsenia Sergeyevna Doronina is a Russian figure skater, and two-time Russian Champion. She was the surprise gold medalist at the 2007 Russian national championships, and defended her title at the 2008 Russian National Championships...
(born 1990), figure skater - Ksenia Godunova (1582–1622), Russian tsarevna
- Ksenia JastsenjskiKsenia JastsenjskiKsenia Jastsenjski is a Serbian figure skater. She is a seven-time national champion. She previously competed representing Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia.-Post-2001:* WD = Withdrawn-Pre-2001:...
(born 1982), figure skater - Ksenia KahnovichKsenia KahnovichKsenia Kahnovich is a Russian fashion model, who won the first cycle of the reality television show You are a Supermodel, the Russian version of America's Next Top Model created by Tyra Banks.-Career:...
(born 1987), fashion model - Ksenia KrasilnikovaKsenia KrasilnikovaKsenia Vasilyevna Krasilnikova is a Russian pair skater. With Konstantin Bezmaternikh, she is the 2008 World Junior champion.The pair was coached by Valeri Tiukov and Valentina Tiukova in poor conditions in Perm...
(born 1991), pair skater - Ksenia LykinaKsenia LykinaKsenia Lykina is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 171, which she reached on April 19, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 217, which she reached on February 22, 2010....
(born 1990), Russian tennis player - Ksenia MakarovaKsenia MakarovaKsenia Olegovna Makarova is a Russian-American figure skater. She is the 2010 Russian national champion.She represented Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she placed 10th.- Personal life :...
(born 1992), figure skater - Ksenia MilevskayaKsenia MilevskayaKsenia Milevskaya is a professional tennis player from Belarus. On June 9, 2007, Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska won the 2007 French Open - Girls' Doubles title, beating Sorana Cîrstea and Alexa Glatch 6–1, 6–4 in the final, and on September 8, 2007 they continued their unbeaten match streak as a...
(born 1990), Belarusian tennis player - Ksenia MilicevicKsenia MilicevicKsenia Milicevic is a French painter, architect and town planner. She is based in Paris, with a studio in Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre. She also maintains a base in South West France.- Life :...
(born 1942), painter, architect and town planner - Ksenia MonkoKsenia MonkoKsenia Ivanovna Monko is a Russian ice dancer who competes with Kirill Khaliavin. They are the 2011 World Junior champions, two-time Junior Grand Prix Final champions and two-time Russian Junior champions...
(born 1992), ice dancer - Ksenia OzerovaKsenia Ozerova- Career :Ozerova initially competed with Alexander Enbert, coached by Oksana Kazakova. They won a silver and bronze on the Junior Grand Prix series. This qualified them for the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, however they withdrew after the short program....
(born 1991), pair skater - Ksenia PalkinaKsenia PalkinaKsenia Palkina is a Kyrgyz female tennis player. She has primarily played in ITF tournaments and lower-level WTA tournaments.- Personal life :...
(born 1989), Kyrgyzstan tennis player but she was born in Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia - Ksenia PervakKsenia PervakKsenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011...
(born 1991), Lykina's Russian compatriot and tennis player - Ksenia PopovaKsenia PopovaKsenia Popova is a World Champion open water swimmer from Russia. At the 2008 Open Water Worlds, she won the Women's 25K race.She has swum for Russia at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2007*Open Water Worlds: 2004, 2006, 2008-References:...
(born 1988), swimmer - Ksenia SankovichKsenia SankovichKsenia Sankovich is a Belarusian gymnast.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where she received a bronze medal in the rhythmic group competition.-References:*...
(born 1990), gymnast - Ksenia SemenovaKsenia SemenovaKsenia Andreyevna Semenova is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 World Champion on the uneven bars, and the 2008 European Champion on the uneven bars and the balance beam. She was a member of the silver-medal-winning Russian team at the 2008 European Championships...
(born 1992), Russian world champion gymnast - Ksenia SitnikKsenia SitnikKsenia Mikhailovna Sitnik , sometimes also transliterated as Kseniya Sitnik or Xenia Sitnik, is a Belarusian child singer...
(born 1995), singer - Ksenia SoloKsenia SoloKsenia Solo is a Latvian-born Canadian actress, best known for her roles as Tasha on Life Unexpected and as Kenzi on Lost Girl.- Career :...
(born 1987), Canadian actress - Ksenya StepanychevaKsenya StepanychevaKsenya Viktorovna Stepanycheva is a Russian playwright.Ksenya Stepanycheva was born in the city of Saratov on the 4th of November 1978, into the family of a military serviceman. She lived with her father in military garrisons in Germany, Ukraine and the subarctic region...
(born 1978), playwright - Ksenia StolbovaKsenia StolbovaKsenia Andreevna Stolbova is a Russian pair skater. She competes with Fedor Klimov. They are the 2011 World Junior silver medalists, 2010–2011 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists and two-time Russian Junior champions.- Career :...
(born 1992), skater - Ksenia SukhinovaKsenia SukhinovaKsenia Vladimirovna Sukhinova is a Russian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Russia 2007 and Miss World 2008. She also appeared in all of the postcards that introduced every participating song in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.- Personal :...
(born 1987), winner of the Miss World 2008 pageant
Ksenija
- Ksenija AtanasijevićKsenija AtanasijevićKsenija Atanasijević was the first recognised major female Serbian philosopher, and one of first female professors of Belgrade University, where she graduated...
(1894–1981), philosopher - Ksenija BaltaKsenija BaltaKsenija Balta is an Estonian long jumper, sprinter and heptathlete.Balta finished fourteenth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships in pentathlon and won the bronze medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships in heptathlon...
(born 1986), decathlete - Ksenija MiloševićKsenija MiloševicKsenija Milošević is a Serbian singer and violinist, the member of the girlband Beauty Queens.- Before the band :...
(born 1982), singer - Ksenija PajčinKsenija PajcinKsenija Pajčin was a Serbian singer, dancer and model popular in Serbia and the other former Yugoslav republics...
(1977–2010), singer and model - Ksenija ZečevićKsenija ZecevicKsenija Zečević was a popular Serbian pianist and composer. She worked on film and theatre music. She worked in Belgrade...
(1956–2006), pianist
Kseniya
- Kseniya AgafonovaKseniya AgafonovaKseniya Agafonova is a Russian long-distance runner.She finished fifth in 5000 metres at the 2007 World Athletics Final. She was the 2009 winner of the Fukuoka International Cross Country meeting....
(born 1983), athlete - Kseniya Boguslavskaya (1892–1972), artist
- Kseniya KarandyukKseniya KarandyukKseniya Karandyuk is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.In the 4 x 400 metres relay she finished sixth at the 2006 European Championships...
(born 1986), athlete - Kseniya KachalinaKseniya KachalinaKseniya Mikhailovna Kachalina is a Russian actress.Her acting career began in the 1990s and includes roles such as Grand Duchess Tatiana in Gleb Panfilov's The Romanovs: A Crowned Family .-Filmography:* V kruge pervom...
(born 1971), actress - Kseniya PryiemkaKseniya PryiemkaKseniya Pryiemka-Dziatsuk is a Belarusian triple jumper.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.Her personal best jump is 14.17 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Minsk.-References:...
(born 1986), athlete - Kseniya RappoportKseniya RappoportKseniya Aleksandrovna Rappoport is a Russian actress. She graduated in 2000 from Saint Petersburg's Academy of Theatrical Arts and was immediately invited to join the...
(born 1974), actress - Kseniya SimonovaKseniya SimonovaKseniya Simonova, is the 2009 winner of the TV contest Ukraine’s got Talent, which is part of the Got Talent series. She is a performance artist in sand animation and a philanthropist.-Early life and family:...
(born 1985), artist - Kseniya SobchakKseniya SobchakKseniya Anatolyevna Sobchak , born November 5, 1981 in Leningrad, Soviet Union , is the second daughter of the first democratically-elected mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak...
(born 1981), socialite - Kseniya UstalovaKseniya UstalovaKseniya Aleksandrovna Ustalova is a Russian sprint athlete.-Achievements:-References:...
(born 1988), athlete
Xenia
- Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia was a daughter of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and the elder of Tsar Nicholas II two sisters. She married her cousin Grand Duke Alexander Mikailovich of Russia, with whom she had seven children....
(1875–1960) - Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (1903–1965)
- Princess Xenia of MontenegroPrincess Xenia of MontenegroXenia Petrovic-Njegoš, Princess of Montenegro, also known as Princess Ksenija or Kseniya, was a member of the House of Petrović-Njegoš as a daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro....
(1887–1960) - Saint Xenia the Righteous of RomeSaint Xenia the Righteous of RomeSaint Xenia the Righteous of Rome was a saint of 5th century, honored by some Christian Churches, including Orthodox. Born with the name Eusebia to wealthy parents in Rome, she is said to have left Rome at the age of 17 to escape an unwelcome arranged marriage...
(died c. 450), 5th century Orthodox saint - Xenia OnatoppXenia OnatoppXenia Sergeyevna Onatopp is a supporting villain in the James Bond film GoldenEye, played by actress Famke Janssen.-Biography:Xenia, born in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, was a fighter pilot in the Red Air Force. After the collapse of the USSR, she joined the crime syndicate Janus, led by...
, fictional character - Xenia SeebergXenia SeebergXenia Seeberg is a German film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Xev Bellringer in the science fiction television series Lexx. She also debuted as a singer in 1996 on the EMI Electrola label with her maxi single "Heartbeat"...
(born 1972), actress - Xenia Shestova (?–1631), nun
- Xenia SmetanenkoXenia SmetanenkoKsenia Smetanenko or Xenia Smetanenko is a retired Russian competitive ice dancer who also competed for Armenia and Germany.Smetanenko originally competed for Russia. With Igor Lukanin, she placed 3rd at the 1992 Russian National Junior Championships and 10th at the 1993 World Junior Championships...
, ice dancer - Xenia of Saint PetersburgXenia of Saint PetersburgSaint Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg is a patron saint of St...
(c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803), patron saint - Xenia TchoumitchevaXenia TchoumitchevaXenia Tchoumitcheva is a Swiss model and actress with Russian origins.- Career :Tchoumitcheva entered the national "Miss Switzerland" pageant in 2006. Tchoumitcheva was judged as both 1st runner-up and Miss Photogenic...
(born 1989), actress - Xenia Kurel (born 2000), actress, model