Given name
Xavyer
“owner of a new house; one who is bright”
Xavyer is a variant of Xaviera. In Basque, Arabic use, Xaviera carries the interpretation “owner of a new house; one who is bright.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Xavyer is a variant of Xaviera. In Basque, Arabic use, Xaviera carries the interpretation “owner of a new house; one who is bright.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xavyer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 185
- 185 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2009.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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