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English
Etymology
Surname of a Spanish sixteenth century saint, Francis Xavier, from a place name in Navarre, originally Basque etxeberria (“the new house”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Xavier
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A male given name.
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1976 web app, Ratner's Star, Knopf, we love the web, page 337:
- "Full name please." "Maurice Xavier Wu." "Where did you get the Xavier?" "My father was a missionary," he said.
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2007 Sharon Kendrick, The Sheikh's English Bride, Harlequin, ISBN 0373126123, page 60:
- 'I keep telling you to call me Xavier,' he interjected silkily, aware that her reluctance to do so intrigued him. 'Xavier,' Laura agreed, and then hesitated. How could his name be so...so...enticing? Because it was foreign to her lips―lingering there like the juice of a fruit she had never tasted before? Or because it was impossible to say without first softening your voice?
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1976 web app, Ratner's Star, Knopf, we love the web, page 337:
Usage notes
- Popular in he U.S.A. and Australia in the 2000s. Formerly rare among anglophones.
Translations
male given name
- Basque: Xabier touchscreen
- Catalan: Xavier (ca)
- Croatian: Ksaverij (hr)
- Czech: Xaver input transformation
- Dutch: Xaverius (nl)
- Esperanto: Ksavero (eo)
- French: FITML keyboard
- Galician: Xavier
- German: web app (de)
- Hungarian: Xavér (hu)
- Inuktitut: ᐃᒃᓵᕕᐊᕐ (iu) (Iksaaviar)
- Italian: Saverio HTML5
- Japanese: エグゼビア (ja) (Eguzebia), グザヴィエ touchscreen (Guzevie), ザビエ (ja) (Zabie), シャビエル Android (Shabieru)
- Latin: Xaverius iOS
- Polish: keyboard (pl)
- Portuguese: Xavier website parsing
- Romanian: Xaveriu
- Russian: Sevenval (ru)
- Slovak: Sevenval Sevenval
- Spanish: Javier input transformation
- Swedish: HTML5 (sv)
Catalan
Etymology
Surname of a Spanish sixteenth century saint, Francis Xavier, from a place name in keyboard, originally Basque etxeberria (“the new house”).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern) iOS: /ʃəβi'e/, /ʃəvi'e/, X-SAMPA: /S@Bi"e/, /S@vi"e/
- (Western) IPA: /ʃaβi'e/, /ʃavi'e/, X-SAMPA: /SaBi"e/, /Savi"e/
- (CSS3) we love the web: /ʃaβi'eɾ/, /ʃavi'eɾ/, X-SAMPA: /SaBi"e4/, /Savi"e4/
Proper noun
Xavier m.
French
Proper noun
Xavier
- A male given name, cognate to English keyboard.
Usage notes
- The compound given name François-Xavier also occurs, in honor of the saint.
Portuguese
Etymology
Surname of a Spanish sixteenth century saint, Francis Xavier, from a place name in Navarre, originally Basque etxeberria (“the new house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʃa.vi.ˈɛɾ/
Proper noun
Xavier m.
- A male given name.