Javier
[ˈxaβjeɾ]Meaning
Spanish form of Xavier, from Basque etxaberri, meaning "new house"
Background Story
Javier is the Spanish spelling of the masculine name Xavier, which comes from the birthplace of the Catholic saint Francis de Xavier. That place name has Basque roots, in etxaberri (etxe berri in standard spelling), meaning "castle" or "new house", and it passed through a Romance phonetic change in Navarro-Aragonese before being borrowed by Castilian. The name spread after Francis Xavier was canonized and places and people were named after him. It is used today in Spain, Equatorial Guinea and Ibero-American countries, alongside related forms such as Xaverius, Saverio and the feminine Javiera.
Temperament
Variations
Xavier, Jav, Javi
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