Xavier

Etymology
Toponymic surname of a 16th-century saint born in the Kingdom of Navarre (now partially placed in Spain), Francis de Xavier, from a place name in the Kingdom of Navarre, originally from. Doublet of.

Proper noun

 * , found chiefly among people of Spanish and Portuguese descent.
 * 1) Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).
 * , found chiefly among people of Spanish and Portuguese descent.
 * 1) Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).
 * 1) Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).
 * 1) Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).

Usage notes

 * The given name was rare (among English speakers) until the 1980s, when it began to rise in popularity. The surname is still rare.

Translations

 * Aragonese: Chabier
 * Basque:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 薩維
 * Mandarin: 沙勿略,  澤維爾, 賽維爾,  札維耶
 * Corsican: Saveriu
 * Czech: Xaver
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Ksavero
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:, Ξαβέρης
 * Hungarian:
 * Inuktitut: ᐃᒃᓵᕕᐊᕐ
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: シャビエル, ゼイヴィア, エグゼビア, グザヴィエ, ザビエル
 * Latin:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Xaveriu
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: Ksaverij
 * Slovak: Xaver
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: Xaviê
 * Walloon:

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Xavier is the 9638th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3367 individuals. Xavier is most common among White (48.56%), Black/African American (21.29%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (16.01%) individuals.

Etymology
From the toponymic surname of a saint, from. See for more.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Usage notes

 * The compound given name François-Xavier also occurs, in honor of the saint.

Etymology
From the toponymic surname of a saint, from. See for more.