Xena

Where Xena comes from

Possibly a variant of Xenia, from Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”), the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Xena
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1992
    First appearance
    #13,317 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Peak, #757
    279 babies named Xena — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1998
    Xena Ngomateke born
    Central African Republic athlete
  4. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,612.
  5. 2000
    Xena Wimmenhoeve born
    Dutch basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Xena Wimmenhoeve · Dutch basketball player, born 2000
  • Xena Ngomateke · Central African Republic athlete, born 1998

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.