Given name & surname
Fabien
“one who grows beans”
Fabien is a variant of Fabian. One Latin interpretation is “one who grows beans.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fabien is a variant of Fabian. One Latin interpretation is “one who grows beans.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fabien is a variant of Fabian. An origin associated with Fabian is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fabien through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 706
- 706 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,921 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,921 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,264 as a first name in 2020; 597 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fabien’s family of names
In French usage, Fabien has a diminutive in FABY. Fabien shares a linguistic root with Fabian. In French usage, Fabien has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Fabio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fabien has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fabien
- Fabien BarthezFrench footballer (born 1971)
- Fabien ClaudeFrench biathleteborn 1994
- Fabien CauseurFrench basketball player (born 1987)
- Fabien CamusTunisian and French association football playerborn 1985
- Fabien FrankelEnglish actorborn 1994
- Fabien LemoineFrench footballerborn 1987
- Fabien GilotFrench swimmerborn 1984
- Fabien RousselFrench politician (born 1969)
- Fabien LefèvreUnited States slalom canoeistborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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