One more week we reviewed one of the names most used in 2008 by the Spanish. Today is the turn of Javier, one of those names that, like Laura, which we talked about last week, never goes out of style.
This is the eighth most used name in the past year. In 2007 it was also eighth and in 2006 seventh, so it remains more or less stable.
Last year there were 4,091 parents who decided that their son would be called Javier. Who wants to know a little about this name I leave the following information: Meaning: Javier is a masculine name that comes from the Basque word "etcheberri", where "eche" is home and "berri" is new. The meaning of the name is "He who lives in a new house."
Dates: December 3 (San Francisco Javier, presbyter).
Variants of Javier: The feminine is Javiera.
Javier in other languages:
- Catalan: Xavier.
- Basque: Xabier
- French: Xavier.
- English: Xavier.
- Italian: Saveiro.
Famous and famous historical figures with the name of Javier:
- Javier Barden was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canarias in 1969. He is a well-known Spanish actor awarded several Goya, the Golden Globe and the Oscar in 2008 for his performance in "It's not a country for old people".
- Javier Mariscal, was born in Valencia in the year 1950. He is a renowned Spanish designer and cartoonist. Many of us will always know him as the designer of Cobi, the mascot of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
- Javier Cámara Rodríguez, was born in Albelda de Iregua, in La Rioja, in 1967. He is a Spanish actor, known above all for his role in the series "7 lives".
- Francisco Javier de Burgos y del Olmo, was born in Motril, Granada, in 1778. He was a politician, journalist, playwright and translator.
- Javier Sierra Albert, was born in Teruel in 1971. He is a journalist, writer and researcher, who stands out for being the first Spanish writer who enters the Top Ten of the list of the best sellers in the United States, prepared by The New York Times, for his work "The Secret Dinner".
