Boy name origins & meanings
- Latin : Bean
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Fabian
Family name origins & meanings
- English, French, German, Italian (Venetian), Polish, Czech and Slovak (Fabián), and Hungarian (Fábián) : from a personal name, Latin Fabianus, a derivative of the Roman family name Fabius. The personal name achieved considerable popularity in Europe in the Middle Ages, having been borne by a 3rd-century pope and saint.
- Americanized or Italianized spelling of Slovenian Fabjan or Fabijan (see 1).
- Jewish : adoption of the non-Jewish surname under the influence of the Yiddish personal name Fayvish.