"Xavier" meaning in English

See Xavier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈzeɪ.vɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈzæv.ɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪɡˈzeɪ.vɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈzeɪ.vjɚ/ [General-American], /ˈzeɪ.vi.ɚ/ [General-American], /ɪɡˈzeɪ.vjɚ/ [General-American], /ɪɡˈzeɪ.vi.ɚ/ [General-American], /ˈhɑvi.ɛɹ/, /hɑviˈɛɹ/
Rhymes: -eɪvjə(ɹ) Etymology: Toponymic surname of a 16th-century saint born in the Kingdom of Navarre (now partially placed in Spain), Francis de Xavier, from a place name in the Kingdom of Navarre, originally from Basque Xabier. Doublet of Echeverría. Etymology templates: {{der|en|eu|Xabier}} Basque Xabier Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Xavier
  1. A male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque]. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (male given name): Chabier (Aragonese), Xabier (Basque), Xavier [masculine] (Catalan), 薩維 /萨维 (saat³ wai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 沙勿略 (Shāwùlüè) [Catholic] (Chinese Mandarin), 澤維爾 /泽维尔 (Zéwéiěr) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 賽維爾 /赛维尔 (Sàiwéiěr) (Chinese Mandarin), 札維耶 /札维耶 (Zhāwéiyē) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), Saveriu [masculine] (Corsican), Xaver (Czech), Xaverius (Dutch), Ksavero (Esperanto), Xavier (French), Xavier (Galician), Xaver (German), Ξαβέριος (Xavérios) (Greek), Ξαβέρης (Xavéris) (Greek), Xavér (Hungarian), ᐃᒃᓵᕕᐊᕐ (iksaafiar) (Inuktitut), Saverio [masculine] (Italian), シャビエル (Shabieru) (Japanese), ゼイヴィア (Zeivia) (Japanese), エグゼビア (Eguzebia) (Japanese), グザヴィエ (Guzevie) (Japanese), ザビエル (Zabieru) (Japanese), Xaverius [masculine] (Latin), Ksawery (Polish), Xavier (Portuguese), Xaveriu (Romanian), Ксаве́рий (Ksavérij) (Russian), Ksaverij [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Xaver (Slovak), Javier (Spanish), Xavier (Swedish), Xaviê (Vietnamese), Zavî (Walloon)
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  2. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], found chiefly among people of Spanish and Portuguese descent.
    Sense id: en-Xavier-en-name-uDUop4xP Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 26 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 44 21 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 41 25
  3. Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552). Derived forms: X, Xavierian, Xavierite, X-Verse
    Sense id: en-Xavier-en-name-4Yf9I-9F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 26 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 44 21 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 41 25
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      "ipa": "/ˈzæv.ɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzeɪ.vɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeɪ.vjɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeɪ.vi.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzeɪ.vjɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzeɪ.vi.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑvi.ɛɹ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑviˈɛɹ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvjə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Xavier"
  ],
  "word": "Xavier"
}
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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English surnames from Basque",
    "English surnames from Portuguese",
    "English surnames from Spanish",
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪvjə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪvjə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Aragonese translations",
    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Corsican translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Inuktitut translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Walloon translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "X"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xavierian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xavierite"
    },
    {
      "word": "X-Verse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eu",
        "3": "Xabier"
      },
      "expansion": "Basque Xabier",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Toponymic surname of a 16th-century saint born in the Kingdom of Navarre (now partially placed in Spain), Francis de Xavier, from a place name in the Kingdom of Navarre, originally from Basque Xabier. Doublet of Echeverría.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Xavier",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Basque",
        "English male given names from Spanish",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, Don DeLillo, Ratner's Star, Knopf, →ISBN, page 337:",
          "text": "\"Full name please.\" \"Maurice Xavier Wu.\" \"Where did you get the Xavier?\" \"My father was a missionary,\" he said.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Sharon Kendrick, The Sheikh's English Bride, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 60:",
          "text": "'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?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque]."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from Basque",
        "English surnames from Spanish",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 October 7, “Network News: Plaque at Chatham honours colour bar pioneer”, in Rail, page 26:",
          "text": "A plaque commemorating the memory of British Rail guard Asquith Xavier, who broke the colour bar at Euston station in 1966, was unveiled at Chatham station on September 24.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], found chiefly among people of Spanish and Portuguese descent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeɪ.vɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzæv.ɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzeɪ.vɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeɪ.vjɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeɪ.vi.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzeɪ.vjɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzeɪ.vi.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑvi.ɛɹ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑviˈɛɹ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvjə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Chabier"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xabier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Xavier"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "saat³ wai⁴",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "薩維 /萨维"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Shāwùlüè",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Catholic"
      ],
      "word": "沙勿略"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Zéwéiěr",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "澤維爾 /泽维尔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sàiwéiěr",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "賽維爾 /赛维尔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Zhāwéiyē",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "札維耶 /札维耶"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Saveriu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xaver"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xaverius"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ksavero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xavier"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xavier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xaver"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Xavérios",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ξαβέριος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Xavéris",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ξαβέρης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xavér"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "iksaafiar",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ᐃᒃᓵᕕᐊᕐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Saverio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Shabieru",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "シャビエル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Zeivia",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ゼイヴィア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Eguzebia",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "エグゼビア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Guzevie",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "グザヴィエ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Zabieru",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ザビエル"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Xaverius"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ksawery"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xavier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xaveriu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ksavérij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ксаве́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Ksaverij"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xaver"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Javier"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xavier"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Xaviê"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Zavî"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Xavier"
  ],
  "word": "Xavier"
}

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