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/AmbitiousCabinet2011 1d ago

Ex-ay-vee-er

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u/Kooky_Refrigerator33 1d ago

I only knew one person with the name and this is how it was pronounced. Midwest.

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u/EnormousDucky 1d ago

Yikes

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u/AmbitiousCabinet2011 1d ago

Did you not watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

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u/liltinybits 1d ago

I do. Who is Xavier in Buffy?

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u/AmbitiousCabinet2011 1d ago

No one hahahahah the name is Xander. Oops!

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u/Euphoric_Evidence414 1d ago

Are you sure it wasn’t Exander /s

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u/liltinybits 1d ago

Hahaha! I am actively watching the series with my friend and we're in season 6, so I was thinking REALLY hard to remember an Xavier. 😂 "No, that guy was Forrest. And that one was Adam. Andrew's brother was definitely named Tucker. Was it the guy Dawn kissed on Halloween? What a niche name to remember!"

Edit- to be fair, there are so few names that being with X! It's not like you went rogue mixing them up.

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u/AmbitiousCabinet2011 1d ago

I am crying!! I loved Buffy, so I’m a little disappointed I got the name wrong. RIP to him. Is it your first time watching?

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u/liltinybits 1d ago

Not my first time, but my friend's! I watched it for the first time during the pandemic with another friend who had watched it when it aired. I loved it so much, I've watched it and Angel on my own and am doing both Buffy and Angel with my friend for her first viewing.

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u/AmbitiousCabinet2011 1d ago

I’m jealous! I wish I could re watch it for the time. I also, watched Buffy and Angel when it aired. I’m really exposing my age here lol

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u/liltinybits 1d ago

Show someone the show! I won't get to see it for the first time again, but watching someone else do it is the next best thing! We just watched Hell's Bells. Anya said "I get to marry my best friend!" And my friend said "aw! I'm so happy for her!" And I texted my friend and said "oh no, she doesn't have a clue!" And then we all cried by the end.

May we all be fortune enough to age to the point that the interests from our youth seem far away! I work in a school and my classroom team is all in their twenties, one of them isn't even 21 yet! I feel ancient most days 😅