Given name
Xavi
Xavi is a masculine given name. It is used in English and Catalan.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Xavi is a diminutive of Xavier. Xavier comes from Basque.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Catalan usage, Xavi is a diminutive of Xavier.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xavi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,492
- 2,486 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 272 babies
- 2025
- 112
- #1,545 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 112 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,545 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 272 in 2011. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (25). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,576 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.
Xavi’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Xavi is a diminutive of Xavier.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Xavi
- XaviSpanish footballer and managerborn 1980
- Xavi SimonsDutch association football player (born 2003)
- Xavi EspartSpanish footballer (born 2007)
- Xavi TorresSpanish footballerborn 1986
- Xavi PascualSpanish professional basketball coachborn 1972
- Xavi QuintillàSpanish association football playerborn 1996
- Xavi RabasedaSpanish basketball player (born 1989)
- Xavi AndorràAndorran association football playerborn 1985
- Xavi AguadoSpanish footballerborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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