Given name
Saverio
Saverio is used as a given name. Saverio is connected with Xavier.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Italian use, Saverio is used as a form of Xavier.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saverio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,861
- 1,861 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,132 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,132 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 46 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,403 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.
Saverio’s family of names
In Italian usage, Saverio has a feminine form in Saveria. In Italian usage, Saverio has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Javier. Saverio is a form of Xavier.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Saverio has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Saverio
- Saverio RagnoItalian fencer (1902-1969)
- Saverio BettinelliItalian Jesuit writer (1718-1808)
- Saverio CostanzoItalian film directorborn 1975
- Saverio GuerraAmerican actorborn 1964
- Saverio FabbriItalian actorborn 1986
- Saverio ManettiItalian scientist (1723-1784)
- Rino BarillariItalian photographerborn 1945
- Saverio Ritterapostolic nuncio (1884–1951)
- Saverio CannistràItalian Catholic prelateborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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