Xavier

Etymology

Xavier comes from the name of the Jesuit missionary saint Francis Xavier, where Xavier stands for his birthplace of Javier (Xabier in Basque; Xavier in Old Spanish) in the Kingdom of Navarre. The toponym is itself the romanization of the Basque place-name (and surname) etxe berri, meaning 'castle', 'new house' or 'new home'.

Usage in the United States

An increase in usage of the name in the United States has been attributed to the Marvel Comics character Charles Xavier, and the feature film version of that character played by Patrick Stewart.

In other languages

Javier (Spanish)

Ksaveras (Lithuanian)

Ksaverij (Ксаверий) (Russian, Ukrainian)

Ksawery (Polish)

Sabelius (Latin)

Savielly (Polish)

Saverio (Italian)

Xawery (Polish)

Xabere, Xabel (Asturian)

Xabier (Basque, Galician)

Xaver (Czech, German, Slovak)

Xavér (Hungarian)

Xaveriu (Romanian)

Xaveriοs (Ξαβέριος) or (Σαβέριος) (Greek)

Xaverius (Dutch, Latin, Indonesian)

Xavier (Catalan, English, French, Portuguese, Swedish)

Zabieru (Japanese)

People

Arts

Xavier Abraham (born 1945), Spanish poet

Xavier Abril (1905–1990), Peruvian poet

Xavier Armange (born 1947), French writer and illustrator

Xavier Arsène-Henry (1919–2009), French modernist architect and urban planner

Xavier Atencio (1919–2017), American animator for The Walt Disney Company

Xavier Barbier de Montault (1830–1901), French liturgical writer

Xavier Blum Pinto (born 1957), Ecuadorian artist

Xavier Beard (born 1992) American rapper

Xavier Boniface Saintine (1798–1865), French dramatist and novelist

Xavier Cortada (born 1964), Cuban-American painter

Xavier Cugat (1900–1990), Spanish-Cuban bandleader

Xavier Davis (born 1971), American jazz pianist

Xavier Dolan (born 1989), Canadian actor and filmmaker

Xavier Fagnon (born 1972), French voice actor

Xavier Forneret (1809–1884), French poet, playwright and writer

Xavier Fourcade (1926–1987), French American art dealer

Xavier Herbert (1901–1984), Australian writer

Law, military and politics

Xavier Albertini (born 1971), French politician

Xavier Becerra (born 1958), American politician

Xavier Bertrand (born 1965), French politician

Xavier Bettel (born 1973), Luxembourgish politician

Xavier Bonnefont (born 1979), French politician

Xavier Bout de Marnhac (born 1951), French military general

Xavier Brasseur (1865–1912), Luxembourgish politician

Xavier Breton (born 1962), French politician

Xavier Connor (1917–2005), Australian judge

Xavier Coppolani (1866–1905), French military leader

Xavier Darcos (born 1947), French politician

Xavier, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1889–1977), pretender to the defunct throne of Parma, and Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain

Xavier Kyooma, Ugandan politician

Xavier de Magallon (1866–1956), French poet, translator and politician

Xavier Jesus Romualdo, Filipino politician

Xavier Sylvestre Yangongo (1946-2024), Central African military general and politician

Xavier Espot Zamora (born 1979), Andorran politician and current prime minister of Andorra

Sports

Xavier Adibi (born 1984), American football player

Xavier Aguado (born 1968), Spanish association football player

Xabi Alonso (born 1981), Spanish association football player and manager

Xavier Atkins (born 2005), American football player

Xabier Azkargorta (1953–2025), Spanish football player and manager

Xavier Báez (born 1987), Mexican association football player

Xavier Barrau (born 1982), French association football player

Xavier Beitia (born 1982), American AFL and college football player

Xavier Bertoni (born 1988), French freestyle skier

Xavier Booker (born 2004), American basketball player

Xavier Capdevila Romero (born 1976), Andorran ski mountaineer

Xavier Carter (born 1985), American track and field athlete

Xavier Chen (born 1983), Belgian association football player

Xavier Clarke (born 1983), indigenous Australian rules football player

Xavier Coleman (born 1995), American football player

Xavier Comas Guixé (born 1977), Andorran ski mountaineer

Other

Xavier, Duke of Aquitaine (1753–1754)

Xabier Arzalluz (1932–2019), Basque nationalist politician

Xavier Bichat (1771–1802), French anatomist and pathologist

Xavier Briggs (born 1968), American sociologist

Xavier Chamorro Cardenal (1932–2008), Nicaraguan journalist

Xavier Ehrenbert Fridelli (1673–1743), Austrian Jesuit missionary

Xavier Fernique (1934–2020), French mathematician

Xavier Le Pichon (1937–2025), French geophysicist

Xavier Mertz (1882–1913), Swiss explorer

Xavier de Montclos, (1924–2018), French historian of religion

Xavier Roberts (born 1955), American inventor and manufacturer of Cabbage Patch Kids

Xavier Rolet (born 1959), French businessman and chief executive officer of the London Stock Exchange

Francis Xavier Seelos (1819–1867), German Roman Catholic missionary

Xavier Yap Jung Houn (born 1973), Singaporean convicted double killer of his twin sons

Xavier Zubiri (1898–1983), Spanish philosopher

Fictional characters

Xavier, the main character of the animated series Xavier: Renegade Angel

Xavier, a main character in the 2022 series The Afterparty, played by Dave Franco

Xavier Austin, a character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away

Xavier Benedict, a character in Julia Golding's Finding Sky book trilogy

Xavier Bird, a character in Joseph Boyden's novel Three Day Road

Xavier, a fictional red ruffed lemur from the animated film Night of the Zoopocalypse

Xavier Chavez, a character in the film Saw II

Xavier Dolls, a character in the supernatural Western TV series Wynonna Earp

Xavier Harkonnen, a character in the fictional Dune universe

Brigadier General Frank Xavier Hummel, antagonist of the film The Rock

Xavier March, protagonist of Robert Harris' novel Fatherland

Xavier Quinn, protagonist of the film The Mighty Quinn

Xavier Riddle, the main character in the PBS Kids animated series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

Xavier Thorpe, a character in the Netflix series Wednesday