Ksawier
A Latin name meaning "new house", one of several Polish spellings that sit beside Ksawer and Ksawery. Only about 1,800 men carry it, and fewer boys get it each year, so most Poles have never met one.
Ksawier Pronunciation
Ksawier is pronounced KSAHV-yer (/ˈksavjɛr/).
What Ksawier means
Where Ksawier comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ksawery reached Polish through Latin, where it took the form Xaverius. The word behind that Latin spelling means "new house," a small and practical image for a name that later traveled far. Polish kept the sound and softened the spelling, so today you meet it as Ksawery, or the trimmer variant Ksawer.
On a school register the name stands out, four consonants crowding in before the vowels arrive. A teacher may pause at it. The meaning underneath stays plain: a new house.
The name also bends across gender. Ksawera is the feminine form, rarer but real in Polish parish records and on official paper. December 3 is the imieniny for Ksawery, shared with a well-known missionary who bore the Latin name.
A boy named Ksawery answers to a Latin word for a new house.
How many people are named Ksawier
1 in 11742 men in Poland is named Ksawier. 1,818 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #736 among male names.
Ksawier's popularity over time
20 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #510 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2002.
Where parents choose Ksawier
Ksawier is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 129% above the national average (25 boys born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+101%) and Warmian-Masurian (+67%). It is least common in Łódź and Lublin, 37% and 32% below average respectively.
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
+129%1 in 4,375 babies
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West Pomeranian
+101%1 in 4,966 babies
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Warmian-Masurian
+67%1 in 5,983 babies
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Łódź
−37%1 in 15,840 babies
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Lublin
−32%1 in 14,668 babies
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Greater Poland
−26%1 in 13,453 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+129% 25 born1 in 4,375 babies+129%
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West Pomeranian+101% 17 born1 in 4,966 babies+101%
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Warmian-Masurian+67% 12 born1 in 5,983 babies+67%
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Lubusz+61% 8 born1 in 6,207 babies+61%
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Pomeranian+9% 16 born1 in 9,208 babies+9%
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Lower Silesian+2% 16 born1 in 9,821 babies+2%
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Masovian−1% 35 born1 in 10,122 babies−1%
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Holy Cross−10% 5 born1 in 11,087 babies−10%
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Lesser Poland−12% 20 born1 in 11,346 babies−12%
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Opole−13% 4 born1 in 11,524 babies−13%
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Subcarpathian−17% 10 born1 in 12,057 babies−17%
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Silesian−25% 17 born1 in 13,387 babies−25%
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Greater Poland−26% 16 born1 in 13,453 babies−26%
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Lublin−32% 7 born1 in 14,668 babies−32%
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Łódź−37% 8 born1 in 15,840 babies−37%
Ksawier as a middle name
Ksawier is a first name for 1,818 men in Poland and a middle name for another 252, an 88/12 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 445th, between Marc (253) and Alfonso (251).
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#443 Diego254
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#444 Marc253
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#445 Ksawier252
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#446 Alfonso251
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#447 Jakob250