Xavier Forename
2,467th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 416,866 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Andorra
Xavier Forename Definition:
This man’s name—from Arabic ga’afar, ‘splendid’ (cf. the Giaffar of The Arabian Nights)—is obsolescent except among Roman Catholics, who, in using it, commemorate St. Francis Xavier, a noble Spaniard famed for his missions in the middle of the 16th Century to India, Ceylon, the East Indies, Japan and China.
Read More About This ForenameXavier Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 101,955 | 1:652 | 148 |
| Mozambique | - | 51,839 | 1:526 | 102 |
| Spain | 100% | 43,727 | 1:1,064 | 183 |
| United States | 100% | 23,564 | 1:15,385 | 1,397 |
| Ecuador | - | 19,831 | 1:894 | 182 |
| Angola | 100% | 19,299 | 1:1,397 | 284 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16,208 | 1:709 | 165 |
| India | 100% | 16,159 | 1:75,183 | 9,586 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 14,722 | 1:5,015 | 626 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 11,790 | 1:2,004 | 476 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 8,460 | 1:1,344 | 285 |
| Mexico | 100% | 7,592 | 1:16,352 | 1,111 |
| East Timor | - | 7,445 | 1:164 | 61 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5,603 | 1:5,390 | 683 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,439 | 1:8,960 | 1,308 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,045 | 1:2,697 | 474 |
| Portugal | - | 2,933 | 1:3,550 | 335 |
| Cameroon | 91% | 2,827 | 1:7,644 | 1,011 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,371 | 1:13,974 | 1,448 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,271 | 1:8,093 | 914 |
| Morocco | - | 2,211 | 1:15,535 | 1,054 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,170 | 1:48,852 | 3,597 |
| Benin | 100% | 2,159 | 1:4,898 | 850 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,020 | 1:106,058 | 5,765 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,965 | 1:49,649 | 4,746 |
| England | 100% | 1,922 | 1:28,930 | 1,626 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,788 | 1:11,633 | 1,701 |
| Kenya | - | 1,767 | 1:26,207 | 2,311 |
| South Africa | 98% | 1,757 | 1:31,037 | 3,751 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,703 | 1:2,294 | 463 |
| Australia | - | 1,595 | 1:8,563 | 871 |
| Togo | - | 1,566 | 1:4,623 | 771 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,555 | 1:24,455 | 819 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,377 | 1:50,883 | 5,421 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,373 | 1:12,310 | 1,380 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,163 | 1:1,619 | 389 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,159 | 1:41,224 | 2,051 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,070 | 1:3,318 | 357 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,001 | 1:10,421 | 1,216 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 805 | 1:37,826 | 3,310 |
| Congo | 92% | 777 | 1:6,447 | 899 |
| Oman | - | 759 | 1:5,413 | 740 |
| Uganda | 99% | 707 | 1:57,931 | 3,257 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 667 | 1:266,213 | 10,395 |
| Germany | 100% | 656 | 1:147,375 | 2,630 |
| Peru | 100% | 638 | 1:49,830 | 2,526 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 635 | 1:24,289 | 2,568 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 630 | 1:16,828 | 1,324 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 625 | 1:432 | 103 |
| Andorra | - | 619 | 1:134 | 21 |
| French Polynesia | - | 600 | 1:463 | 86 |
| Ghana | - | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 554 | 1:14,715 | 1,475 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 523 | 1:44,122 | 3,369 |
| Kuwait | - | 522 | 1:7,251 | 905 |
| Mali | 100% | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| Chile | 99% | 478 | 1:36,835 | 1,518 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 469 | 1:12,832 | 1,197 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 405 | 1:1,393 | 260 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 405 | 1:17,659 | 1,816 |
| Bahrain | - | 355 | 1:3,799 | 612 |
| Senegal | 100% | 338 | 1:43,140 | 1,842 |
| Singapore | 100% | 326 | 1:19,285 | 3,601 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 323 | 1:14,761 | 1,178 |
| China | - | 294 | 1:4,646,448 | 53,340 |
| Zambia | - | 278 | 1:57,032 | 3,409 |
| Honduras | 100% | 273 | 1:32,298 | 1,846 |
| Argentina | 98% | 270 | 1:158,419 | 2,255 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 242 | 1:66,564 | 1,880 |
| El Salvador | - | 226 | 1:28,061 | 1,229 |
| Qatar | 100% | 215 | 1:11,021 | 1,758 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Jamaica | - | 189 | 1:15,255 | 1,443 |
| Suriname | 67% | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| New Zealand | - | 171 | 1:26,527 | 1,847 |
| Japan | - | 161 | 1:794,944 | 13,667 |
| Namibia | - | 158 | 1:15,216 | 1,549 |
| Ireland | 73% | 151 | 1:30,752 | 1,249 |
| Italy | 100% | 142 | 1:430,015 | 4,798 |
| Mauritius | - | 135 | 1:9,613 | 1,257 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 131 | 1:10,393 | 1,533 |
| Egypt | - | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 116 | 1:29,549 | 1,350 |
| Hong Kong | - | 115 | 1:67,415 | 2,623 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 110 | 1:842 | 205 |
| Sweden | 100% | 106 | 1:92,999 | 4,091 |
| Tanzania | 92% | 82 | 1:643,760 | 16,409 |
| Denmark | - | 80 | 1:70,619 | 2,348 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 78 | 1:1,997 | 462 |
| Haiti | 100% | 70 | 1:153,242 | 7,528 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Scotland | 100% | 66 | 1:81,066 | 2,072 |
| Norway | 100% | 53 | 1:96,836 | 3,172 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 49 | 1:195 | 62 |
| Indonesia | - | 48 | 1:5,374,243 | 207,949 |
| Russia | 91% | 48 | 1:3,004,869 | 17,521 |
| Monaco | 100% | 47 | 1:818 | 170 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 93% | 39 | 1:2,861 | 546 |
| Czechia | 94% | 34 | 1:313,417 | 1,996 |
| Guyana | 100% | 34 | 1:22,449 | 2,662 |
| Wales | 100% | 33 | 1:93,767 | 2,382 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 32 | 1:6,073,678 | 53,495 |
| Vietnam | - | 28 | 1:3,307,968 | 3,383 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Greece | 100% | 26 | 1:420,560 | 6,142 |
| Finland | 89% | 25 | 1:219,327 | 3,602 |
| Belize | 100% | 23 | 1:15,405 | 1,953 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 23 | 1:275 | 66 |
| Romania | - | 22 | 1:911,453 | 21,217 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Estonia | - | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 19 | 1:9,359 | 1,306 |
| Austria | 100% | 18 | 1:473,011 | 4,571 |
| South Korea | - | 18 | 1:308,023 | 9,744 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,928 | 471 |
| Iceland | - | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 17 | 1:425,694 | 4,581 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,828,437 | 49,694 |
| Tunisia | - | 13 | 1:52,069 | 2,652 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Cape Verde | - | 9 | 1:58,795 | 2,536 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Jersey | - | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 7 | 1:263,307 | 1,965 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Nauru | 100% | 7 | 1:1,704 | 249 |
| Niger | 100% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 7 | 1:27,428 | 2,105 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Cyprus | - | 5 | 1:174,215 | 3,223 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Liberia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,103,015 | 25,024 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Turkey | - | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Belarus | - | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Mauritania | - | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Algeria | 100% | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Xavièr (8), Xaviér (4), Xaviër (3) & Xavíer (1) are calculated separately.
Xavier (571,547) may also be a surname.
Xavier Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This man’s name—from Arabic ga’afar, ‘splendid’ (cf. the Giaffar of The Arabian Nights)—is obsolescent except among Roman Catholics, who, in using it, commemorate St. Francis Xavier, a noble Spaniard famed for his missions in the middle of the 16th Century to India, Ceylon, the East Indies, Japan and China. Xavier thus appears to have originally been a Spanish surname.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Arabic name, meaning: Bright.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Xavier Forename Popularity
Xavier Demographics
Average Xavier Salary in
United States
$38,870 USD
Per year
Rank:
269,707 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00466376
Rank: 1,637 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
89.3%
Sample size: 9,891 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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