Fabian Forename
Approximately 473,463 people bear this name
Fabian Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin Fabianus ‘of Fabius’ (the name of a Roman gens). Fabius may be derived from faba ‘a bean’, but this etymology is not certain. There was a 3rd-C Pope Fabian who was beatified and he is no doubt responsible for the survival of the name.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 100% | 74,605 | 1:573 | 136 |
| Mexico | 100% | 70,232 | 1:1,768 | 297 |
| Colombia | 100% | 51,800 | 1:922 | 152 |
| Chile | 100% | 30,638 | 1:575 | 129 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 28,278 | 1:1,867 | 375 |
| Ecuador | - | 24,756 | 1:716 | 158 |
| United States | 100% | 22,544 | 1:16,081 | 1,434 |
| Germany | 100% | 21,662 | 1:4,463 | 475 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 17,433 | 1:10,186 | 1,311 |
| Peru | 100% | 9,328 | 1:3,408 | 571 |
| Spain | 100% | 7,844 | 1:5,932 | 545 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6,290 | 1:758 | 161 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,272 | 1:1,832 | 415 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5,736 | 1:5,265 | 671 |
| Philippines | 99% | 5,608 | 1:18,903 | 2,027 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5,150 | 1:1,595 | 329 |
| Kenya | 100% | 5,136 | 1:9,016 | 1,180 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 5,042 | 1:2,103 | 448 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 4,456 | 1:769 | 159 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,310 | 1:12,653 | 2,013 |
| Poland | 100% | 4,194 | 1:9,067 | 429 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,027 | 1:4,197 | 677 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3,937 | 1:4,092 | 560 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,637 | 1:58,905 | 3,968 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,521 | 1:2,963 | 473 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 3,204 | 1:2,259 | 466 |
| Zambia | - | 2,767 | 1:5,730 | 767 |
| Romania | 100% | 2,693 | 1:7,446 | 632 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 2,287 | 1:3,565 | 394 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,267 | 1:3,756 | 393 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,240 | 1:31,279 | 3,827 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,699 | 1:12,720 | 1,362 |
| France | 100% | 1,688 | 1:39,378 | 1,336 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,662 | 1:18,321 | 1,879 |
| England | 90% | 1,655 | 1:33,597 | 1,819 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,648 | 1:20,105 | 1,825 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,557 | 1:5,663 | 715 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,358 | 1:7,259 | 710 |
| Uganda | 98% | 1,277 | 1:32,073 | 2,225 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,229 | 1:3,179 | 605 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,227 | 1:12,570 | 1,593 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,011 | 1:26,693 | 1,799 |
| Jamaica | - | 938 | 1:3,074 | 608 |
| Indonesia | 92% | 935 | 1:275,897 | 24,595 |
| India | 100% | 902 | 1:1,346,871 | 80,052 |
| Cuba | - | 882 | 1:13,046 | 871 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 832 | 1:7,234 | 883 |
| El Salvador | - | 817 | 1:7,762 | 650 |
| Albania | 100% | 808 | 1:3,771 | 752 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Suriname | 100% | 576 | 1:960 | 179 |
| Australia | - | 575 | 1:23,752 | 1,560 |
| Namibia | - | 575 | 1:4,181 | 655 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Israel | 61% | 407 | 1:20,646 | 1,930 |
| Czechia | 100% | 339 | 1:31,434 | 699 |
| Lebanon | 72% | 304 | 1:18,512 | 1,462 |
| New Zealand | - | 297 | 1:15,273 | 1,344 |
| Italy | 97% | 289 | 1:211,288 | 2,962 |
| Singapore | 100% | 282 | 1:22,295 | 4,219 |
| Malta | - | 267 | 1:1,608 | 326 |
| Norway | 100% | 215 | 1:23,871 | 1,341 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 209 | 1:6,514 | 1,075 |
| Barbados | - | 200 | 1:1,449 | 340 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Guyana | 100% | 180 | 1:4,240 | 804 |
| Belize | 100% | 152 | 1:2,331 | 533 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 141 | 1:25,179 | 1,009 |
| Portugal | - | 129 | 1:80,704 | 2,343 |
| Saint Lucia | 95% | 127 | 1:1,400 | 248 |
| Ireland | 96% | 121 | 1:38,376 | 1,413 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 103 | 1:51,554 | 768 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 95 | 1:2,844 | 489 |
| Denmark | - | 91 | 1:62,082 | 2,175 |
| Egypt | 100% | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| China | - | 84 | 1:16,262,569 | 60,111 |
| Grenada | 100% | 83 | 1:1,303 | 266 |
| DR Congo | 83% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 69 | 1:8,175 | 725 |
| Finland | 100% | 62 | 1:88,438 | 2,246 |
| Russia | 100% | 58 | 1:2,486,788 | 15,554 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Kosovo | - | 56 | 1:33,240 | 2,986 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 56 | 1:127,714 | 9,216 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 55 | 1:2,833 | 564 |
| Bahamas | - | 47 | 1:8,497 | 1,088 |
| Gibraltar | - | 45 | 1:759 | 158 |
| Japan | - | 45 | 1:2,844,135 | 22,466 |
| Greece | 100% | 44 | 1:248,512 | 4,598 |
| Wales | 89% | 43 | 1:71,961 | 2,087 |
| Iraq | 100% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Hungary | 71% | 31 | 1:315,864 | 1,393 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Hong Kong | - | 29 | 1:267,335 | 3,524 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 29 | 1:84,785 | 2,675 |
| Scotland | 96% | 28 | 1:191,084 | 3,449 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:2,358 | 517 |
| Taiwan | 80% | 26 | 1:914,219 | 36,896 |
| Croatia | 100% | 25 | 1:168,683 | 3,219 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:23,238 | 1,800 |
| Bermuda | - | 21 | 1:3,087 | 575 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 20 | 1:102,000 | 8,710 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 20 | 1:2,733 | 523 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Liberia | 80% | 16 | 1:275,754 | 8,947 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 82% | 15 | 1:7,439 | 1,138 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| Andorra | - | 10 | 1:8,289 | 566 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 9 | 1:204,794 | 1,831 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 8 | 1:4,732 | 469 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Afghanistan | - | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Pakistan | 79% | 6 | 1:32,392,947 | 130,865 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Turkey | 50% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Senegal | - | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Palestine | 50% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Jordan | 80% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Fabián (2,090), Fabiàn (37), Fabían (25), Fábian (10), Fabiân (2), Fàbian (1) & Fábián (124) are calculated separately.
Fabian (149,028) may also be a surname.
Fabian Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin Fabianus ‘of Fabius’ (the name of a Roman gens). Fabius may be derived from faba ‘a bean’, but this etymology is not certain. There was a 3rd-C Pope Fabian who was beatified and he is no doubt responsible for the survival of the name. C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) gives many examples of Fabian as a christian name in the 16th C the earliest being in Cocke Lorelle’s Bote 1515, but was unable to find anything earlier, though the existence of the surnames Fabian, Fabyan made it certain that the name was in use some centuries before. Fabianus does, however, occur as the name of a sub-prior of St Albans c. 1200 and in a Curia Regis Roll of 1220.
M. Latin, ‘bean-grower,’ from faba, a bean; whence our Fabian, via the gens Fabia (the Fabian clan), especially Fabius Cunctator (the delayer): cf. Fabian tactics.
A name derived from the Roman Fabius, the first of the noble family of the Fabii, who had their name from faba, a bean, because some of their ancestors cultivated this pulse. But see Barker’s Lempriere under ‘Fabii,’ ed. 1828.
Latin (masculine) - A bean.
A Latin name, meaning: Dilatory. An interpretation from the weak tactics of a Roman general bearing the name.
User-submitted Reference
This forename comes from a variant of the name Fabian, which is the English form of the late Roman name Fabianus. This was a name originally given to those adopted into or descended through the formal line of the Roman family named Fabius, that derived from the Latin faba for the 'broad bean', an important food crop in antiquity.
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| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fabian in the Russian language | ||
| Фабиан | fabian | - |
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