Fabian

Where Fabian comes from

From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Fabian
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1778
    Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen born
    Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1991
    Fabian Schär born
    Swiss association football player
  4. 2007
    Peak, #253
    1,396 babies named Fabian — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2021
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #448.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen · Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, 1778–1852
  • Fabian Schär · Swiss association football player, born 1991
  • Fabian Delph · English association football player, born 1989
  • Fabian Cancellara · Swiss cyclist, born 1981
  • Fabian Johnson · American soccer player, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.