Fun Facts About the Name Xaviera
- 709 babies named Xaviera: U.S. records list 709 babies given the name Xaviera from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Xaviera Mean?
Xaviera is the feminine form of the given name Xavier, which comes from the Basque place name Xabier, known in Spanish as Javier. That place name is generally explained as Basque etxeberri (also written etxaberri), built from etxe, "house," and berri, "new" - so "new house" or "the new house." The place itself is in Navarre, in northern Spain.
The meaning belongs to the settlement, not to a personal quality. Some popular sources give looser glosses such as "bright" or "splendid," but these are not supported by the Basque components and appear to be later interpretations. Because the name began as a place name, its original sense is simply a description of a house or estate.
Xaviera Name History & Origins
The place name Xabier/Javier is older than its use as a personal name. It is best known as the site of the castle of Javier in Navarre, where Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was born in 1506. He became known as Francis Xavier, a co-founder of the Society of Jesus and a missionary in India, Southeast Asia, and Japan. Devotion to him helped carry the surname-turned-name well beyond Navarre.
From the family name, Xavier developed into a given name in Spain (Javier), in France and the French-speaking world (Xavier), and later in English. Feminine forms followed: Spanish Javiera, French Xavière, Basque Xabiera, and the English Xaviera. The spelling with x reflects the old Spanish and Basque letter, where x stood for a "sh"-like sound; modern Spanish respells the same name with j as Javier, while French and English kept the x and give it a "z" sound.
In modern use, Xaviera appears mainly in Spanish-, French-, and Dutch-speaking contexts. The Dutch writer Xaviera Hollander is a well-known twentieth-century bearer of the name.
How Popular is the Name Xaviera?
Xaviera has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1992. Its best rank was #2,910 in 1973.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,830 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #12,057 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #13,386 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #17,624 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #9,520 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #12,082 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #13,727 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #8,581 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #10,652 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #12,819 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #9,494 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #19,400 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #13,292 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #9,201 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #11,412 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #12,530 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #8,085 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #15,077 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #11,793 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #9,246 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #11,288 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #7,031 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #7,309 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #6,474 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #5,653 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #5,120 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1997 | #4,365 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #5,523 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #5,211 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1994 | #5,242 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1993 | #4,668 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #3,772 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1991 | #5,657 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #5,831 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #5,543 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #4,837 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #6,781 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #5,751 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #5,343 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #5,534 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #6,697 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #3,897 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1981 | #4,001 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1980 | #8,161 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #8,997 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #5,210 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1977 | #4,231 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1976 | #3,957 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1975 | #3,511 | 20 | 0.0014% |
| 1974 | #4,222 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #2,910 | 24 | 0.0016% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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