Xavi

Where Xavi comes from

The dictionaries list Xavi as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Xavier — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1996
    Xavi Quintillà born
    Spanish association football player
  2. 2003
    Xavi Simons born
    Dutch association football player
  3. 2005
    First appearance
    #10,151 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2011
    Peak, #805
    272 babies named Xavi — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,334.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Xavier.
Namesakes
  • Xavi Simons · Dutch association football player, born 2003
  • Xavi Quintillà · Spanish association football player, born 1996
  • Xavi Vierge · Spanish motorcycle racer, born 1997
  • Xavi Mo-Ajok · Dutch athlete, born 2002
  • Xavi Molina · Spanish footballer, born 1986

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.