Ksenija

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians during 1825–1850. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Cognate with English Xenia.

Proper noun

Ksenija f

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek
  2. a transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Ксе́ния (Ksénija)
  3. a transliteration of the Belarusian or Ukrainian female given name Ксенія (Ksjenija)

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Ksenija was the only given name of 2511 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kséːnija/

Proper noun

Ksẹ̑nija f

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. Ksẹ̑nija
gen. sing. Ksẹ̑nije
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		Ksẹ̑nija Ksẹ̑niji Ksẹ̑nije
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		Ksẹ̑nije Ksẹ̑nij Ksẹ̑nij
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		Ksẹ̑niji Ksẹ̑nijama Ksẹ̑nijam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		Ksẹ̑nijo Ksẹ̑niji Ksẹ̑nije
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		Ksẹ̑niji Ksẹ̑nijah Ksẹ̑nijah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		Ksẹ̑nijo Ksẹ̑nijama Ksẹ̑nijami

Further reading

  • “Ksenija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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