English
Xavier
Xavier comes from Basque Xabier.
- BasquemodernXabier
- Englishearliest quotation 1976Xavier
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- BasquemodernXabier
- Englishearliest quotation 1976Xavier
Earliest quotation: 1976, Don DeLillo, Ratner's Star: “Full name please." "Maurice Xavier Wu." "Where did you…”
Every English word from Basque Xabier
Today it means
name A male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Basque Xabier / Xavier