Xavier

[Perpetualmisery]

What do you think of this?
I've always loved this name and was worried my Moroccan husband wouldn't but luckily zaviyar is also an Arabic name and same meaning apparently so he's fine with it but it's not common either here or Morocco so I'm worried I'll look try hard.
Not sure how I'll spell it yet but baby not due till Jan so have plenty of time.
Do you think it sounds chavvy or pretentious and also any arabic speakers have you heard of zaviyar?

I actually really like the name

I know a Moroccan boy who is called Xavier Mohammed (pronounced zavier) and think it's a lovely name but people so confused by the X

If you want any sort of Moroccan passport etc you will need an approved name as a middle name (unless they have changed the laws)

Xavier is a gorgeous name. It was on my baby list.

Chavvy. Sorry.

@KezzabellaB

Chavvy. Sorry.

Posted before I'd finished! Was going to say chavvy, but that could be because the ones I know (and I know a few) are from chavvy families with siblings with chavvy names. Anyway who cares? If you like it, go for it

I like it. Given how popular Xander is becoming the "how do I say a name with an x at the start" is likely to be less of an issue

Also given Xander it feels less an out there name than it might have done a few years ago.

I mean i live in a chavvy area so I would fit right in then!
Anybody know of similar ish names I could go for instead?

Does "chavvy" mean Irish Catholic diaspora by any chance?
Just go for Zavier or whatever spelling you like. Which kid is going to pick on him, in an urban British school - Kamal, Janusz, Dmitriu, Mohi, Mercedes, Yaa, or Chukwu?

DS1 has a very similar name, with Occitane spelling (which used to do my head in but DH insisted on). He holds French nationality though, via DH.

My British family took a while to get used to pronouncing it properly.

I like it, I don't see it as chavvy or pretentious.

Love Xavier - neither chavvy or pretentious imo, the only issue if you are UK based will be pronunciation as people seem torn between "Zah - vee -er" and "Zay -vee -er" if that matters (you might even get the occasional "Ex -zay -vee- er" like the X Men!)

I used to know a lovely Moroccan man called Bushaid.

Love it.

We have a Xavier at school. He's 10, very sensible for his age, absolutely hilarious and bloody brilliant. Fantastic name.

What about zakaria or zain or zayd or zeke?

@Perpetualmisery

I would definitely pronounce it zayviar

Why? That's not how it's pronounced in Arabic (Za vee are)

Zayvier is a bloody awful English mangling of a Spanish/French/Arabic name

I’ve taught a few-all pronounced Exayveer. I teach in an area of very high socio-economic deprivation which some (my MIL) would describe as having v chavvy parents. It’s not a name I’d choose.

@Redlocks28

I’ve taught a few-all pronounced Exayveer. I teach in an area of very high socio-economic deprivation which some (my MIL) would describe as having v chavvy parents. It’s not a name I’d choose.

Xavier is not associated with any particular class.

It's the pronunciation that is the class marker. Exayvee er is how English people pronounce it who don't speak other languages & don't know how it's pronounced. Like the Louis/Louie divide.

In case you decide for the name and want to take tbe baby to the origin of the name
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Xavier

I cringe at Exayvee-er too. Surely it is just wrong.

LOVE this name, go for it!

@accentdusoleil those names are lovely but I prefer something a bit more uncommon plus we have a zaid, 3 zakarias and a zayn in the family already.
Zeke I've not heard of, not overly keen but will look into the meaning and origin of it.

@tatianabis

I meant pronouncing it with a z and not an X.
If its meant to be pronounced zah viar in Arabic then that's what we'd do. I cant read Arabic so that's why I posted about wanting more info on the meaning spelling and pronunciation of the name.
However I've been told now by a few Asian friends that they would say zayviar? So I'm still none the wiser

@Perpetualmisery, the arabic spelling isn't particularly relevant, as the name isn't arabic and has no direct transliteration.

You can write it in arabic as the equivalenr of Zafeear, or Z-eye-vee-ar or Zav-ee-ir.

Unless you are planning to write the name in Arabic, it doesn't really matter.

The easiest option would to spell it Zayviar if that is how you are going to say it. That would be زافيار.

zuhair?

I know it's not Z but similar sound : Soulayman

@faycarew

Sorry if I'm being dumb here, so it ISNT an Arabic name? I have heard that it is and when I Google it comes up as Arabic. Eveb when you Google xavier is says it has arab origins.
I think I may go back to the baby books and start over. It's just that nothing else has come close to me to stand out I don't know why it's so difficult when my other dcs names were so easy for me. Maybe my hormones are making mr crazy.