Xávier
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Xávier is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From the toponymic surname of a Spanish saint, from Basque Xabier. See Xavier for more.
- ECEcuador1 in 1K(measured from records)
- ESSpain1 in 1.5K
- USUnited States1 in 2.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 262 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 726 (inferred from the name graph)
119,289 people, 2020
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Xavier in US United States, ES Spain, EC Ecuador and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From the toponymic surname of a Spanish saint, from Basque Xabier. See Xavier for more.
Cited for this meaning 7
- A concise dictionary of first names
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Wiktionary
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Xávier counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 119,289 | 1 in 2.8K | 119K | Xavier | 262 |
| FR France | — | ≈94,000 est. | ≈1 in 726 | 113K | — | 4 |
| ES Spain | — | 33,915 | 1 in 1.5K | 34K | Xavier | 123 |
| EC Ecuador | #694 | 16,713 | 1 in 1K | 17K | Xavier | 48 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 841 | 20 | Xavier | 44 |
| AO Angola | #167 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | — | Xavier | 38 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | 341 | Xavier | 41 |
119,289 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Xávier mean, and where does it come from?
- From the toponymic surname of a Spanish saint, from Basque Xabier. See Xavier for more. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 5 other sources.
- Is Xávier a male or female name?
- Xávier 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.
- In which country does Xávier have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 119 thousand people named Xávier, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled xavier.
- How common is the name Xávier?
- In the United States, the national register counted 119,289 people named Xávier in 2020, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Xávier compared with other names?
- In Angola, Xávier is the 167th most common given name of 11,132 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Xávier” — the 167th most common given name in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.