Given name
Xaver
“owner of a new house”·“one who is bright”·“owner of a new house; one who is bright”
Xaver is a variant of Xavier. Interpretations include “owner of a new house” and “one who is bright”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Xaver is a variant of Xaviera. In Basque, Arabic use, Xaviera carries the interpretation “owner of a new house; one who is bright.”
Original SpanishJavier
Meaning & origin
What it means
Xaver is a variant of Xavier. Interpretations include “owner of a new house” and “one who is bright”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Xaver is a variant of Xaviera. In Basque, Arabic use, Xaviera carries the interpretation “owner of a new house; one who is bright.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xaver through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 49 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 12 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 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 196 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.
Xaver’s family of names
In German usage, Xaver has a diminutive in Xaverl. In Slovak usage, Xaver has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Javier. Xaver has a related form in Xavier.
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Around the world
Xaver has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JavierSpanish
- ZavierEnglish
- XzavierEnglish
- XaviorEnglish
- SaverioItalian
- XabierBasque
- Chabierequivalent
- КсаверийRussian
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People named Xaver
- Xaver SchlagerAustrian association football playerborn 1997
- Xaver ScharwenkaGerman pianist, composer and teacher (1850-1924)
- Xaver SchwarzenbergerAustrian cinematographer and film directorborn 1946
- Xaver Kurmannracing cyclistborn 1948
- Franz SchubertGerman violinist and composer (1808–1878)
- Xaver AffentrangerSki jumper and Nordic combined skier1897–1971
- Xaver HörmannCanoe racer (1910–1943)
- Xaver UnsinnGerman ice hockey player (1929–2012)
- Xaver Zeltner(1764-1835)
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