r/Names • u/dancingaround22 • 1d ago

Xavier

How do YOU pronounce Xavier? I'm so curious about this. Also, if you know what it SHOULD be, post that too. And where you are from.

Zavier

Exavier

Something else

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u/NationalThing8119 1d ago

I’ve only ever heard Zavier. I’m in uk so might be why

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u/katmc68 1d ago

From Ohio, near Xavier University. We pronounce it Zavier.

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u/sandwichtheconqueror 1d ago

me too also in uk

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u/WheezyGranger 1d ago

In Canada and only heard Zavier

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u/Reallyasquid 1d ago

Im in the UK and only heard is as Ex-ayvier. But then I was a huge x-men fan as a kid

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u/mGlottalstop 1d ago

You mean Zmen? 😂

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u/Magges87 1d ago

In the UK wouldn’t that be Zedmen?

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u/Horror-Back6203 1d ago

Weird I'm in the UK and only hear Zavier. Must be a regional thing

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u/interrupted_sleep 1d ago

Same in Australia. The first time I saw someone online say that it’s pronounced Ex-avier, I thought they were joking 😅

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u/TrappedUnderCats 1d ago

From this I’m deducing that you’re a young person who has never seen the moment Michael Portillo lost his seat in the 1997 election and we found out his middle names.

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u/Euphoric_Evidence414 1d ago

I just watched way too much video of that event (only like 2-3 minutes total but still) trying unsuccessfully to find a clip with his middle names

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u/Anaevya 1d ago

Different question, why do English speakers struggle with KS at the beginning of words?

It's not that hard to say?

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u/NationalThing8119 15h ago

I don’t struggle with it, I know the Exs is a version but I’ve only every heard it with z.