How to write “Xavier” in Korean
재비어 jae-bi-eo
Also written: 하비에르
What Korean friends call you
- 재비어야 jae-bi-eo-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 재비어 씨 jae-bi-eo-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Xavier
The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 제이비어; most Koreans write 재비어.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Xavier Edwards 재비어 (sometimes 하비에르, 자비에르); Xavier Woods 재비어 (sometimes 자비에, 하비에르, 제이비어, 자비에르).
Well-known people named Xavier, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Xavier Scruggs — 재비어 스크럭스
159,378 babies were named Xavier in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 281st most common name.
Block by block
- 재 = ㅈ + ㅐ · 5 strokes
Also in 재: Zachary 재커리 · Jared 재러드 · Jacqueline 재클린
- 비 = ㅂ + ㅣ · 5 strokes
Also in 비: David 데이비드 · Olivia 올리비아 · Abigail 애비게일
- 어 = ㅇ + ㅓ · 3 strokes
Also in 어: Wyatt 와이어트 · Claire 클레어 · Mariah 머라이어
재비어 takes 13 strokes in all.
More names: Leah 레아 · Mary 메리 · Bailey 베일리 · Andrea 안드레아 · Evelyn 에블린
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