Fabián: meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Fabián comes from Latin.

How it developed

From Latin Fabianus.

Fabián’s family of names

In Czech usage, Fabián has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Fabian. In Spanish usage, Fabián has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Fabio. In Spanish usage, Fabián has a conventional equivalent in the French form Fabien.

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Fabián has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

7 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Fabián

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Fabián

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

How it developed

Fabián’s family of names

Around the world

Spellings & scripts 2

Across languages 6

People named Fabián

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