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My cousinâs name is Corinne, and her motherâs family, who are English, pronounces this name Coreen, while her fatherâs family, who are French, pronounce this name Corin.
The toponym is itself the romanization of the Basque place-name (and surname) etxe berri , meaning 'new house' or 'new home'. However, in her 1863 book History of Christian Names, Charlotte Mary Yonge claims that Xavier is a Moorish name, coming from the Arabic word meaning 'bright'.