The first name Xavier

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Meaning

The name Xavier traditionally means “new house” originally as a place name.

Historical origin

The name Xavier comes from the Basque place name Etxeberria, source of Javier in Navarre and the name of Saint Francis Xavier.

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Xavier illustrates how a Basque place name became an international given name through religious history.

Pronunciation:xa-vierɡzavj.e

Frequency of the first name Xavier by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Xavier by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name XavierLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Xavier in baptisms by year.10075502501770181818661914196220101770–1774 2 baptisms1780–1784 2 baptisms1785–1789 2 baptisms1800–1804 8 baptisms1805–1809 8 baptisms1810–1814 10 baptisms1815–1819 8 baptisms1820–1824 16 baptisms1825–1829 30 baptisms1830–1834 32 baptisms1835–1839 50 baptisms1840–1844 60 baptisms1845–1849 34 baptisms1850–1854 54 baptisms1855–1859 52 baptisms1860–1864 68 baptisms1865–1869 62 baptisms1870–1874 42 baptisms1875–1879 54 baptisms1880–1884 18 baptisms1885–1889 12 baptisms1890–1894 8 baptisms1895–1899 16 baptisms1900–1904 4 baptisms1905–1909 2 baptisms1910–1914 2 baptisms1915–1919 2 baptisms1920–1924 4 baptisms1925–1929 2 baptisms1935–1939 2 baptisms1975–1979 6 baptisms1980–1984 6 baptisms1985–1989 8 baptisms1990–1994 22 baptisms1995–1999 30 baptisms2000–2004 52 baptisms2005–2009 12 baptisms2010–2014 10 baptisms

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