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Fabian

From the Roman family name Fabius, itself grown from faba, the bean: at root it means bean-grower. The name rings familiar in Poland today, but it peaked back in the 2010s and fewer boys carry it each passing year.

Fabian Pronunciation

Fabian is pronounced FAHB-yahn (/ˈfabjan/).

Related names
Fabia
Alive in 2025
35,904
Newborns 2025
564
National rank
#226
Next name day
20 January
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What Fabian means

Where Fabian comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Fabian comes from Latin, from the Roman family name Fabius, which grew out of faba, the word for a bean. So the plain sense is bean-grower, uprawiający bób. The Romans drew several surnames from crops, Lentulus from the lentil and Cicero from the chickpea. Fabian belongs to that farming company, tied to a plant that fed ordinary households across the ancient world.

The name gained a Christian bearer in the third century. Fabian became bishop of Rome and died a martyr in 250, under the emperor Decius. Because of him, Polish calendars mark his imieniny on 20 January, shared with Saint Sebastian.

The feminine form is Fabiana. In a Polish class register you might find a Fabian seated near a boy called Sebastian, a pairing older than either of them. The bean stays in the root.

When Fabian celebrates name day

Fabian appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 20 January.

Next name day
20 January
Wednesday in 2027
Next one in 87 days
Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

How many people are named Fabian

1 in 595 men in Poland is named Fabian. 35,904 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #226 among male names.

People with the name Fabian 2019 → 2025
35,904 +6,762 since 2019
2020 30,013 +871
2021 31,589 +1,576
2022 32,974 +1,385
2023 34,134 +1,160
2024 35,069 +935
2025 35,904 +835

Fabian's popularity over time

564 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #100 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.

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564 newborns with the name Fabian in 2025
national rank #100 that year

Where parents choose Fabian

Fabian is most popular in Subcarpathian, 47% above the national average (603 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Holy Cross (+33%) and Warmian-Masurian (+30%). It is least common in Masovian and Podlaskie, 30% and 14% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Subcarpathian
    +47%
    1 in 200 babies
  • Holy Cross
    +33%
    1 in 220 babies
  • Warmian-Masurian
    +30%
    1 in 226 babies
Chosen least
  • Masovian
    −30%
    1 in 420 babies
  • Podlaskie
    −14%
    1 in 343 babies
  • Silesian
    −14%
    1 in 341 babies

Fabian as a middle name

Fabian is a first name for 35,904 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5,361, an 87/13 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 127th, between Kajetan (5,396) and Ernest (5,284).

As a first name
35,904
As a middle name
5,361
first name 87% middle name 13%
Middle-name ranking men

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