Fun Facts About the Name Xzavier
- More than 8 thousand babies named Xzavier: U.S. records list 8,422 babies given the name Xzavier from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Xzavier Mean?
Xzavier is a spelling variant of Xavier, a name of Basque origin meaning "new house" or "the new house." It comes from the Basque place name Xabier, the town known in Spanish as Javier, in Navarre. The place name is commonly explained as Basque etxe ("house") plus berri ("new"), giving the sense of a newly built house or the new house. The Spanish form Javier, the Latinized Xaverius, and the English and French Xavier all derive from this place name. Xzavier changes only the spelling of Xavier; it does not have a separate etymology. Some popular interpretations gloss Xavier as "bright" or "splendid," but that is a later symbolic reading rather than the Basque place-name meaning.
Xzavier Name History & Origins
The Basque place name Xabier belongs to a village and castle in Navarre, in what is now northern Spain. Saint Francis Xavier was born at the Castle of Javier in 1506. In Spanish the place and surname are usually Javier, while the Latin form Xaverius stands behind the French and English Xavier. The given name Xavier was used in Catholic Europe in honor of the saint, and it entered English through that religious use. The Basque x represents a sound like English sh, while Spanish j is pronounced as a harsh h; the English pronunciation of Xavier follows the Latinized and French forms rather than the modern Basque or Spanish ones. The spelling Xzavier is an English respelling of Xavier. It keeps the same pronunciation and history as Xavier and has no separate origin of its own.
How Popular is the Name Xzavier?
Xzavier recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2011. Its best rank was #550 in 2010.
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 | #1,485 | 120 | 0.0070% |
| 2024 | #1,265 | 156 | 0.0091% |
| 2023 | #1,251 | 155 | 0.0091% |
| 2022 | #1,224 | 161 | 0.0092% |
| 2021 | #1,213 | 160 | 0.0092% |
| 2020 | #978 | 219 | 0.0127% |
| 2019 | #938 | 231 | 0.0129% |
| 2018 | #858 | 257 | 0.0142% |
| 2017 | #884 | 244 | 0.0132% |
| 2016 | #801 | 290 | 0.0153% |
| 2015 | #729 | 336 | 0.0175% |
| 2014 | #698 | 356 | 0.0185% |
| 2013 | #595 | 427 | 0.0226% |
| 2012 | #615 | 399 | 0.0210% |
| 2011 | #555 | 461 | 0.0243% |
| 2010 | #550 | 459 | 0.0239% |
| 2009 | #585 | 449 | 0.0226% |
| 2008 | #633 | 389 | 0.0191% |
| 2007 | #626 | 391 | 0.0188% |
| 2006 | #621 | 383 | 0.0186% |
| 2005 | #679 | 309 | 0.0155% |
| 2004 | #716 | 268 | 0.0135% |
| 2003 | #702 | 269 | 0.0136% |
| 2002 | #752 | 231 | 0.0119% |
| 2001 | #896 | 176 | 0.0091% |
| 2000 | #872 | 182 | 0.0093% |
| 1999 | #1,011 | 139 | 0.0072% |
| 1998 | #1,079 | 121 | 0.0063% |
| 1997 | #1,088 | 117 | 0.0062% |
| 1996 | #1,358 | 80 | 0.0042% |
| 1995 | #1,392 | 73 | 0.0038% |
| 1994 | #1,352 | 75 | 0.0039% |
| 1993 | #1,430 | 67 | 0.0034% |
| 1992 | #1,571 | 57 | 0.0029% |
| 1991 | #1,724 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 1990 | #1,944 | 40 | 0.0019% |
| 1989 | #2,898 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1988 | #2,763 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1987 | #6,077 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #4,125 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #4,687 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #4,959 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #4,492 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #5,615 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #4,952 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #4,930 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #4,547 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #4,004 | 9 | 0.0006% |
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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How the Name Xzavier Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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