Javier

Javier: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“new house”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
hah-VYEHR · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Javier is the Spanish form of Xavier, from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning 'new house.' It became widely used through Saint Francis Xavier.

How popular is Javier?

2024431 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Javier in 20241,435

2024 rank#247 boys

Peak year2001

Total US babies since 1880107,193

Javier has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Javier

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Javier questions

What does the name Javier mean?

Javier means "new house". It comes from Spanish. Javier is the Spanish form of Xavier, from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning 'new house.' It became widely used through Saint Francis Xavier.

Is Javier a boy or girl name?

Javier is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Javier?

1,435 US babies were named Javier in 2024. Its peak year was 2001.

How do you pronounce Javier?

Javier is usually pronounced hah-VYEHR.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.