Xavier

The given name Xavier is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Spanish Navarrese Roman Catholic Saint Francis Xavier. Etymology Xavier comes from the name of the Jesuit missionary saint Francis Xavier, where Xavier stands for his birthplace of Javier (Xabier in Basque; Xavier in Old Spanish) in the Kingdom of Navarre. The toponym is itself the romanization of the Basque place-name (and surname) etxe berri, meaning 'castle', 'new house' or 'new home'. People Arts Xavier Abraham (born 1945), Spanish poet Xavier Abril (1905–1990), Peruvian poet Xavier Armange (born 1947), French writer and illustrator Xavier Arsène-Henry (1919–2009), French modernist architect and urban planner Xavier Atencio (1919–2017), American animator for The Walt Disney Company Xavier Barbier de Montault (1830–1901), French liturgical writer Xavier Blum Pinto (born 1957), Ecuadorian artist Xavier Boniface Saintine (1798–1865), French dramatist and novelist Xavier Cortada (born 1964), Cuban-American painter Xavier Cugat (1900–1990), Spanish-Cuban bandleader Xavier Davis (born 1971), American jazz pianist Xavier de Planhol (1926–2016), French historical scholar Xavier Dolan (born 1989), Canadian actor and filmmaker Xavier Fagnon (born 1972), French voice actor Xavier Forneret (1809–1884), French poet, playwright and writer Xavier Fourcade (1926–1987), French American art dealer Xavier Herbert (1901–1984), Australian writer Xavier Martinez (1869–1943), American artist of Mexican descent Xavier Naidoo (born 1971), German singer-songwriter Xavier Rudd (born 1978), Australian singer-songwriter Xavier Samuel (born 1983), Australian actor