Gender: Boy
Meaning: Bean grower or of the Fabian family
Origin: Latin
Popularity: Ranked #443 in 2024 with 711 babies born.
History: Fabian derives from the Roman family name Fabianus, related to 'faba,' meaning broad bean, referring to a family that cultivated beans. Saint Fabian was a 3rd-century pope noted for his organizational reforms of the Roman Church. The name spread through Catholic Europe and has been particularly popular in Germany, Spain, and Latin America. It carries an artistic, sophisticated reputation.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Fabian? About 1 in 4,681 babies born in 2024 were named Fabian, or roughly 1.9 per day in the United States.
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