Given name
Jabier
“one who provides comfort”
Jabier is a variant of Jabir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides comfort.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jabier is a variant of Jabir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides comfort.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jabier is a variant of Jabir. An origin associated with Jabir is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jabier through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 336
- 336 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 430 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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