Javi

Javi is a Spanish given name functioning as a short form of Javier, which itself derives from the Basque place name Etxeberria, meaning new house. The place, located in Navarre, Spain, gained widespread fame through Saint Francis Xavier, the sixteenth-century Jesuit missionary who evangelized across India and Japan. As a standalone given name, Javi is common in Spain and Latin America, used both informally and independently. The full form Javier also has the Portuguese cognate Xavier, which spread globally through the same saintly association.