Fabian is a German and Dutch name, that comes from the Roman cognomen Fabianus. It is connected to Latin ‘faba’ for ‘broad bean’, an important food crop in antiquity.
Fabian is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Fabian isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Fabian ranks 351. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 5 were named Fabian. In the entire USA, approximately 38,579 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Fabian. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Fabian is a German and Dutch name, that comes from the Roman cognomen Fabianus. It is connected to Latin ‘faba’ for ‘broad bean’, an important food crop in antiquity.
What is a cognomen? A cognomen is a part of the typical name in ancient Rome. It was placed after the praenomen (first name) and nomen (family name). Originally, they were nicknames, for example 'caesar' for 'the hairy'.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter F is quite rare as a first letter for boys' names: only 1.5% of all common boys' names in the US begin with an F. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With six letters, the name Fabian is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 1.5% of all boys' names begin with an F, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average. However, individual boys' names with F are really popular, the most common currently being Frank.
If your name is Fabian and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Fabian, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Fabian
Fabian
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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A
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N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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A
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I
A
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Fabian sounds like this:
