Last name FABIAN: origin and meaning

Fabian: 1: English German Dutch Spanish Italian (Veneto) and Polish; Czech (mainly Fabin); Slovak (also Fbian Fabin); Hungarian (Fbin): from a personal name Latin Fabianus a derivative of the Roman surname Fabius. The personal name achieved considerable popularity in Europe in the Middle Ages having been borne by a 3rd-century pope and saint. Compare Faubion.2:

Fabian : 1: English German Dutch Spanish Italian (Veneto) and Polish; Czech (mainly Fabián); Slovak (also Fábian Fabián); Hungarian (Fábián): from a personal name Latin Fabianus a derivative of the Roman surname Fabius. The personal name achieved considerable popularity in Europe in the Middle Ages having been borne by a 3rd-century pope and saint. Compare Faubion.2: Americanized or Italianized form of Slovenian Fabjan or Slovenian and Croatian Fabijan: from the personal name Fab(i)jan Latin Fabianus (see above). In North America this surname may also be a shortened form of patronymics from this name e.g. Slovenian Fabjančič Croatian Fabijančić. See also Fabiani 2.3: Jewish: adoption of the non-Jewish surname (see 1 above) under the influence of the Yiddish personal name Fayvish ultimately related to Latin Vivus meaning ‘living’.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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