Xenia (jiinia) in Japanese

The name Xenia in Japanese Katakana is ジイニア which in romaji is jiinia. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Xenia in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じいにあ.

How do you write Xenia in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "xenia" is 紀伊那 (Kiina). It is pronounced as "Ki-i-na". The kanji 紀 means "chronicle" and 伊那 means "I-na", which is an old name for the area around present day Nagano Prefecture.

The western meaning of the name Xenia is "hospitable". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 恵那 (Ena), which is pronounced "eh-nah". The Kanji characters mean "blessing" and "what".

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