Fabien
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Latin, from the Roman family name Fabius; from Latin 'fabius' related to beans
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fabjɛ̃/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Fabien is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In France it is the 53rd most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 672(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 896as Fabienne
- BRBrazil1 in 1.5Kas Fabiano
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Fabien itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 414 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 672 (inferred from the name graph)
143,856 named Fabiano, 2022
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Fabienne in BR Brazil, US United States, BE Belgium and Fabian in EC Ecuador.
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)
Latin, from the Roman family name Fabius; from Latin 'fabius' related to beans.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Fabien 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 143,856as Fabiano | 1 in 1.5K | 159K | Fabienne | 67 |
| FR France | #53 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 672 | 111K | Fabien | 414 |
| US United States | — | 43,046as Fabian | 1 in 7.7K | 43K | Fabienne | 255 |
| PL Poland | — | 36,577as Fabian | 1 in 1K | 37K | — | 1 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 20,625as Fabian | 1 in 820 | 21K | Fabian | 8 |
| BE Belgium | #54 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 896 | 42 | Fabienne | 129 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 7,208as Fabian | 1 in 707 | 7.2K | — | 4 |
143,856 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022, counting the spelling fabiano. 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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); INEC — civil registry names; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Fabien 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 French, From Latin Fabius, a Roman family name probably linked to faba ‘bean’
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, du nom latin Fabianus, dérivé de faba « fève »
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, Dérivé du latin Fabianus, lié à faba « fève »; saint Fabien, pape et martyr, fêté le 20 janvier.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin Fabianus, dérivé de Fabius. Fête: saint Fabien, pape et martyr, le 20 janvier.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin Fabianus, de Fabius; fête de saint Fabien le 20 janvier.
as a nameDictionnaire 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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alain Delonb. 1935FRnot in their usual nameFrench actor (1935–2024)
- Fabien Canub. 1960FRFrench judoka
- Fabien Cousteaub. 1967FRFrench filmmaker and oceanographer
- Fabien Rousselb. 1969FRFrench politician (born 1969)
- Fabien Barthezb. 1971FRFrench footballer (born 1971)
- Benjamin Biolayb. 1973FRnot in their usual nameFrench singer and actor (born 1973)
- Fabien Gilotb. 1984FRFrench swimmer
- Fabien Lemoineb. 1987FRFrench footballer
- Fabien Causeurb. 1987FRFrench basketball player (born 1987)
- Fabien Frankelb. 1994GBEnglish actor
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 81 sources across 43 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 111K | #1,547 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #10,507 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 93 | #2,183 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 89 | #2,098 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 63 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 52 | #56,841 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 49 | #10,507 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1980 | 24 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 22 | #60,324 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 12 | — |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 5 | #14,521 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #21,418 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Fabien mean, and where does it come from?
- Latin, from the Roman family name Fabius; from Latin 'fabius' related to beans. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- In which country does Fabien have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 144 thousand people named Fabiano, more than in any other country we hold.
- How do you pronounce Fabien?
- A machine transcription gives /fabjɛ̃/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Fabien a male or female name?
- Fabien 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 are other forms of the name Fabien?
- In the etymology graph, Fabian, Fabiano and Fabián are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Fabien?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 143,856 people named Fabiano in 2022, about 1 in 1.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Fabien compared with other names?
- In France, Fabien is the 53rd most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Fabien?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fabienThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Fabien” — the 53rd most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.