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
Xena through the years
  1. 1992
    First appearance
    #13,317 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Around this time: Xena: Warrior Princess
    TV, 1995 · Source
  3. 1996
    Peak, #757
    279 babies named Xena, the most in any year.
  4. 1998
    Xena Ngomateke born
    Central African Republic athlete
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,612.
  6. 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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.