Xavier

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Javier in ES Spain, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 20 more, Jävïër in CR Costa Rica and Xabier in AU Australia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Xavier is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name875K records spelled Xavier8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

  Also written Xavièr, X'Avier, Xavîer, Xaviër, X'Åvier

• Spanish given name593K records spelled Xavier8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Ecuador, Argentina

  Also written X'Avier, Xaviër, X-Avier, 'Xavier

• English given name506K records spelled Xavier30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Canada, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written X'Avier, X-Avier, Xaviër, Xaviér, Xaevier

• Hindi given name50K records spelled Xavier6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

  Also written Xãvîëř

• a separate given name36K records spelled Xavier2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ecuador, Spain

  Also written Xavièr

• Polish given name12K records spelled Xavier4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, France

  Also written Xävïēr, Xavïer, Xaviër

• Indonesian given name8.0K records spelled Xavier13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Sinhala, English

  Also written Sevyar, Sēvyar, സേവയർ

• Indonesian given name5.6K records spelled Xavier2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Spain, India, United States

  Also written Xaviér

95 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Xavier is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Spanish/Basque form meaning "new house"; from Basque place name

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In French, From Basque etxe berri ‘new house’, via the place-name Javier.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, A male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Du basque Etcheverri > Jaberri > Javier > Xavier, « maison neuve »; nom de localité navarraise.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du basque Etxeberri « maison neuve »; fête le 3 décembre (saint François Xavier).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 120 years between 1886–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Pedro V of Portugalb. 1837PTnot in their usual nameKing of Portugal from 1853 to 1861
• Carlos I of Portugalb. 1863PTnot in their usual nameKing of Portugal from 1889 to 1908 (1863–1908)
• Savielly Tartakowerb. 1887FRnot in their usual namePolish and French chess player (1887–1956)
• Jean-Louis Trintignantb. 1930FRnot in their usual nameFrench actor (1930–2022)
• Gérard Depardieub. 1948FRnot in their usual nameFrench actor (born 1948)
• Xavier Becerrab. 1958US25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Stephon Marburyb. 1977USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 1977)
• Xavier Espot Zamorab. 1979ADprime minister of Andorra since 2019 (born 1979)
• Xavi Hernándezb. 1980ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer and manager (born 1980)
• Raphaël Varaneb. 1993FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1993)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,347 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Xavier?

We estimate roughly 636 thousand people bear Xavier (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Xavier have the most bearers?

Xavier is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled javier.

How common is Xavier compared with other names?

In Argentina, Xavier is the 24th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Xavier a male or female name?

Xavier is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Xavier mean?

Recorded meaning: From Basque Etchaberri, meaning “new house”; a name from the Basque region of southwest France and northeast Spain.