Xavier (given name)

Xavier
	The castle of Xavier, where Francis Xavier was born, was restored by the Jesuits.
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Catholic Church
Meaning	a place called "new house" in Basque language
Other names
Related names	Javier, Xaveria, Xavi, Xaviell, Xaviero, Xayvion, Xever, Xabier, Zavier
	-"Xavier," WikiName - All About Names.;

The given name Xavier (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˈzeɪvi.ər/, /ˈseɪvi.ər/; Catalan: [ʃəβiˈe, ʃəviˈe, ʃaβiˈe, ʃaviˈeɾ]; Galician: [ʃaˈβjeɾ]; Portuguese: [ʃɐviˈɛɾ]; French: [gzavje]; Spanish: Javier [xaˈβjer]; Basque: Xabier [ʃaβiˈer])^[1] is a masculine name derived from the Catholic Saint called Francis Xavier.

Origins and meaning of the name

Xavier comes from the name of the Catholic Saint Francis Xavier, where Xavier stands for the saint's birthplace, the town of Javier (Xabier in Basque; Xavier in Old Spanish) in Navarre, Spain. The placename is itself the romanization of the Basque expression etxe berri, meaning "new house" or "new home".

However, in her 1863 book History of Christian Names, Charlotte Mary Yonge claims that Xavier is a Moorish name, coming from the Arabic Ga'afar meaning "splendid", "bright".^[2]

People

Arts

Xavier Abraham, Catalan poet
Xavier Abril (1905–1990), Peruvian poet
Xavier Armange (b. 1947), French writer and illustrator
Xavier Atencio (b. 1919), American animator for The Walt Disney Company
Xavier Barbier de Montault (1830–1901), French liturgical writer
Xavier Blum Pinto (b. 1957), Ecuadorian artist
Xavier Boniface Saintine (1798–1865), French dramatist and novelist
Xavier Cortada (b. 1964), Cuban-American painter
Xavier Cugat (1900–1990), Catalan-Cuban band leader
Xavier Davis (b. 1971), American jazz pianist
Xavier De Planhol, French historical scholar
Xavier Dolan, Québécois actor and filmmaker
Xavier Fagnon, French voice actor
Xavier Forneret (1804–1884), French poet, playwright and writer
Xavier Fourcade (1927–1987), French American art dealer
Xavier Martinez (1869–1943), an American artist of Mexican descent
Xavier Naidoo, a German singer and songwriter
Xavier Rudd, an Australian musician
Xavier Samuel, an Australian actor, known for playing Riley Bier in the Twilight Saga

Law, military and politics

Xavier Becerra (b. 1958), American Democrat
Xavier Bertrand (b. 1965), French politician
Xavier Bettel (b. 1973), Luxembourgian politician
Xavier Bout de Marnhac (b. 1951), French military general
Xavier Brasseur (1865–1912), Luxembourgian politician
Xavier Breton (b. 1962), French politician
Xavier Castro (b. 1965), Ecuadorian lawyer
Xavier Connor (1917–2005), Australian judge
Xavier Coppolani (d. 1905), French military leader
Xavier Darcos (b. 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

Sports

Xavier Adibi (b. 1984), American NFL player
Xavier Aguado (b. 1968), Catalan/Spanish footballer for Real Zaragoza
Xabi Alonso (b. 1981), Spanish/Basque footballer for Real Madrid
Xavier Baez (b. 1987), Mexican footballer
Xavier Barrau (b. 1982), French footballer
Xavier Beitia (b. 1982), American AFL and college football player
Xavier Bertoni (b. 1988), French freestyle skier
Xavier Capdevila Romero (b. 1976), Andorran ski mountaineer
Xavier Carter (b. 1985), American track athlete
Xavier Chen (b. 1983), Belgian footballer
Xavier Clarke (b. 1983), indigenous Australian rules football player
Xavier Comas Guixé (b. 1977), Andorran ski mountaineer
Xavier Daufresne (b. 1968), Belgian tennis player
Xavier Delisle (b. 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
Xavier Dirceu (b. 1977), Brazilian football player
Xavier Doherty (b. 1982), Australian cricketer
Xavier Dorfmann (b. 1973), French Olympic rower
Xavier Downwind (1893–1968), American NFL player
Xavier Ellis (b. 1988), Australian rules football player
Xavier Eluère (fl. 1920s), French Olympic boxer
Xavier Escudé (b. 1966), Catalan/Spanish Olympic field hockey player
Xavier Florencio (b. 1977), Catalan/Spanish road bicycle racer
Xavier Foupa-Pokam (b. 1982), French mixed martial artist
Xavier Fulton (b. 1986), American NFL player
Xavier Henry (b. 1991), American NBA player
Xavier Hernández i Creus or Xavi (b. 1980), a Catalan/Spanish footballer for FC Barcelona
Xavier Maassen (b. 1980), Dutch racing driver
Xavier McDaniel (b. 1963), American basketball player
Xavier Malisse, a Belgian professional tennis player
Xavier Margairaz, a Swiss professional football player
Xavier Nady, an American professional baseball player
Xavier Rush (b. 1977), New Zealand rugby player
Xavier Vigney (b. 1990), American kickboxer

Other

Xavier Briggs (b. 1968), American sociologist
Xavier Chamorro Cardenal (1932–2008), Nicaraguan newspaper editor of El Nuevo Diario
Xavier De Cuyper, Belgian engineer and civil servant
Xavier Delamare, French Scientology regional leader
Xavier Ehrenbert Fridelli (1673–1743), Austrian Jesuit missionary
Xavier Fernique, French mathematician
Xavier Mertz (1883–1913), a Swiss explorer
Xavier Roberts, an American inventor and manufacturer of Cabbage Patch Kids
Xavier Rolet, Chief Executive Officer of the London Stock Exchange
Francis Xavier Seelos, a Roman Catholic Priest
Francisco Xavier Frías Conde, a Spanish writer in Asturian and Galician
Xavier Zubiri (1889–1983), a Spanish philosopher

Fictional characters

Xavier Austin, a character in Australian soap Home and Away
Xavier Desmond, a character in the George R. R. Martin series Wild Cards
Xavier, the main character of the animated series Xavier: Renegade Angel
Xavier March, protagonist of Fatherland (novel)
Xavier Harkonnen, a character in the fictional Dune universe
Professor Charles Francis Xavier, a character from the Marvel Comics X-Men series.

References

^ Pronunciation of Xavier, forvo.com.]
^ Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1863). History of Christian Names. Vol. 2. London: Parker and Bourn. p. 200. ISBN 9780766183216. Retrieved 2012-05-19.

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[1] Pronunciation of Xavier, forvo.com.]

[2] Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1863). History of Christian Names. Vol. 2. London: Parker and Bourn. p. 200. ISBN 9780766183216. Retrieved 2012-05-19.

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