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Florian
Say it: FLOR-ee-ahn
Meaning
From the Latin name Florianus, from florus 'flowering, flourishing'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Catholic name of Austria and Bavaria, popular in Germany in the 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1910s
In the United States
- 3,563 babies given this name since 1886
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 8,100 boys
- 20 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Polish | Florian |
|---|---|
| French | Florian |
| Italian | Floriano |
Famous bearers
- Saint Florian, patron of Upper Austria and of firefighters
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.