Xzavier

Xzavier is an American phonetic respelling of Xavier, created by substituting the initial X for the Xav- cluster to give the letter a more prominent visual role. Xavier itself derives from the Basque place name Etxeberria, meaning new house, which became a given name through the influence of the sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier. The respelled form reflects a broader modern naming trend of using unconventional spellings to create distinctive, individualized names. Related forms include Xavier, Javier, and Zavier.