Xavier

Where Xavier comes from

Toponymic surname of a 16th-century saint born in the Kingdom of Navarre, Francis de Xavier, from a place name in the Kingdom of Navarre, originally from Basque Xabier. Doublet of Echeverría.
— Wiktionary's entry for Xavier
  • Spanish
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #959 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Xavier Bettel born
    Luxembourgish politician
  3. 1989
    Xavier Dolan born
    Canadian filmmaker
  4. 2007
    Peak, #68
    6,561 babies named Xavier — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #108.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
Namesakes
  • Xavier Bettel · Luxembourgish politician, born 1973
  • Xavier Dolan · Canadian filmmaker, born 1989
  • Xavier Bichat · French anatomist and pathologist, 1771–1802
  • Xavier Espot Zamora · prime minister of Andorra since 2019, born 1979
  • Xavier Samuel · Australian actor, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.