Entry № 11596 · Greek origin

Xena Xena — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ZEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Guest / stranger (Xena Warrior Princess TV series)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "guest / stranger (xena warrior princess tv series)".

Xena is from the Greek Ξένα (Xéna) — variant of Xenia from Greek xenos (guest/stranger/foreigner). Xena is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek hospitality heritage modern American pop culture heritage.

Guest / stranger (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Ξένα
Transliteration
Xéna
Pronunciation
/ ˈziː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Xena stands.

Xena does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Xenas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Xena Warrior Princess
American-New Zealand TV series 1995-2001 + Lucy Lawless + 134 episodes + LGBTQ+ cult classic.
Xena: Warrior Princess

Names connected to Xena.

The number behind Xena.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Xena reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.