Fabian
Fabian is a boy name of Latin origin, meaning Bean grower.
What Fabian means
Bean grower.
Fabian sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Fabian comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Fabian is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Fabian?
In the boy name rankings we track, Fabian falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Fabian
We group Fabian under the natural world and the long-established classics — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Fabian
These share Fabian's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Sylvester — From the forest; wild.
- Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Laura — Laurel; victory and honour.
- Laurel — The laurel; honour and victory.
- Olive — The olive tree; peace.
- Sylvia — From the forest.
- Ashton — Town of ash trees.
- Philippa — Lover of horses.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Francis — Free one; Frenchman.
- Julian — Youthful; devoted to Jupiter.
More Latin names
- Estelle — Star.
- Fausto — Fortunate; lucky.
- Emily — Industrious and striving.
- Felicity — Intense happiness; good fortune.
- Dominic — Belonging to the Lord.
- Felix — Happy, fortunate, lucky.
- Domenica — Of the Lord; born on Sunday.
- Fidelis — Faithful.
- Diana — Divine; goddess of the moon and hunt.
- Flavia — Golden; fair-haired.