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Xavyer

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Boy
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ZAY-vee-er

Xavyer is a boys' name, meaning “new house”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Xavyer mean?

Basque, from etxe berri 'new house', via Spanish Xavier

“new house”

Variant of Xavier, from the Basque place name Etxeberri; Saint Francis Xavier was a Jesuit missionary to Asia.

Is Xavyer a girl's or a boy's name?

Xavyer is a boys' name.

How popular is Xavyer in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.

Half of all the boys named Xavyer in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1999Busiest: 18 in 20092023
Xavyer in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20236#10,815
20226#10,855
20217#9,709
202011#7,029
20198#8,883
20187#9,664
201713#6,334
201611#7,152
201510#7,486
20149#8,124
20139#8,113
20126#10,763
20110–
20106#10,759
200918#5,100
200810#7,693
20078#8,909
200613#6,090
20058#8,292
20048#8,137
20035#10,886
20020–
20010–
20000–
19996#8,697

Names like Xavyer

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Xavyer

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Xavyer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xavyer, updated 20 October 2026.