Xenia
ZEN-ee-ah
Greek
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Hospitality; Welcome to strangers
- Origin
- Greek
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Xenia does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Hospitality; Welcome to strangers", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Xenia.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Xenia entertains angels unawares — given to hospitality, distributing to saints, the welcoming soul who opens doors to heaven's messengers.
- Verses on this meaning
- Hebrews 13:2
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."
- Romans 12:13
"Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality."
- Hebrews 13:2