Florian (name)
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Florian is a masculine given name borrowed from the ancient Roman name Florianus.[1] The name is derived from Florus,[2] from Latin flōrus (originally "yellow, blond", later "flowering"), related to flāvus ("yellow, blond").
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈflɔːriən/ FLOR-ee-ən
French: [flɔʁjɑ̃]
Spanish: [floˈɾjan]
German: [ˈfloːʁi̯aːn]
Polish: [ˈflɔrjan]
Hungarian: [ˈfloːriaːn]
French: [flɔʁjɑ̃]
Spanish: [floˈɾjan]
German: [ˈfloːʁi̯aːn]
Polish: [ˈflɔrjan]
Hungarian: [ˈfloːriaːn]
GenderMale
| Pronunciation | English: /ˈflɔːriən/ FLOR-ee-ən French: [flɔʁjɑ̃] Spanish: [floˈɾjan] German: [ˈfloːʁi̯aːn] Polish: [ˈflɔrjan] Hungarian: [ˈfloːriaːn] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language | French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish, Dutch |
| Name day | Germany: May 4 France: May 4 Poland: May 4, May 7, November 5, December 17 Hungary: May 4 Slovakia: May 4 |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | "Blond; blooming, flowering" |
| Region of origin | Roman Empire |
| Other names | |
| Variant forms | Floriane (French, feminine) |
| Derived | flōrus |
| Related names | Florián (Spanish), Flórián (Hungarian), Floriano (Italian and Portuguese), Florianus (Latin), Florencio (Spanish), Fiorino (Italian), Florin (Romanian), Flurin (Romansch), Florian (Albanian) |
Saint Florian is a patron saint of Poland and Upper Austria. Florian (or a local equivalent) remains a common name in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland.[citation needed]
Variants
- Florian – German, Polish, French, Romanian
- Floriano – Italian, Portuguese
- Florianus – Latin
- Florián – Spanish
- Flórián – Hungarian
- Florijan/Florjan – Slovene
- Floriane – French
- Florencio – Spanish
- Fiorino – Italian
- Florin / Florian – Romanian
- Flori / Florian – Albanian
- Florinus, Florus – Latin
- Flurin – Romansch[3]
- Флор, Flor – Russian
- Флориан, Florian – Bulgarian
Given name
- Saint Florian, a 4th-century martyr in the Roman Empire, patron of firemen
- Florian Abel, a 16th-century Austrian painter
- Anton Florian of Liechtenstein (1656–1721), an early prince of Liechtenstein
- Florian Abrahamowicz (born 1961), an Austrian priest
- Florian Andrighetto (born 1953), an Australian politician
- Florian Armstrong (born 1971), birth name of Dido, a British singer
- Florian Bague (born 1984), a French football goalkeeper
- Florian Ballhaus (born 1965), a German cinematographer
- Florian Bellanger (born 1968), a French pastry chef, TV personality
- Florian Berisha (born 1990), a Kosovan football midfielder
- Florian Bertmer, a German illustrator
- Florian Biesik (1849–1926), an Austro-Hungarian Wymysorys linguist
- Florian Bollen, chairman of Great Wheel Corporation and Singapore Flyer
- Florian Boucansaud (born 1981), a French football defender
- Florian Bourrassaud (born 2000), a French table tennis player
- Florian Bouziani (born 1990), a French para-cyclist
- Florian Bruns (born 1979), a German football midfielder
- Florian Côté (1929–2002), a Québécois politician
- Florian Cajori (1859–1930), a Swiss-American historian of mathematics
- Florian Cazalot (born 1985), a rugby union player
- Florian Ceynowa (1817–1881), a Kashubian political activist and linguist
- Florian Chauche (born 1984), French politician
- Florian Chmielewski (1927 - 2024), a Minnesota Senate president
- Florian Clara (born 1988), an Italian luger
- Florian Dan Lăcustă (born 1977), a Romanian footballer
- Florian Johann Deller (1729–1773), an Austrian composer and violinist
- Florian Dick (born 1984), a German football defender
- Florian Dinhopel (born 1987), an Austrian ice hockey player
- Florian Eisath (born 1984), an Italian alpine ski racer
- Florian-Ayala Fauna, an American musician
- Florian Fricke (1944–2001), a German musician
- Florian Fritsch (born 1985), a German golfer
- Florian Fritz (born 1984), a French rugby union footballer
- Florian Fromlowitz (born 1986), a German footballer
- Florian Gallenberger (born 1972), a German film director
- Stefan Florian Garczyński (1805–1833), a Polish Romantic poet, a Messianist
- Florian Geyer (Geier) (1490–1525), a Franconian nobleman, diplomat and knight
- Florian Goebel (1972–2008), a German astrophysicist
- Florian Gosch (born 1980), an Austrian beach volleyball player
- Florian Grassl (born 1980), a German skeleton racer
- Florian Gruber (born 1983), a German auto racing driver
- Florian Grzechowiak (1914–1972), a Polish basketball player
- Florian Guay, a Québécois politician
- Florian Habicht (born 1975), a New Zealand film director
- Florian Hart (born 1990), an Austrian footballer
- Florian Havemann (born 1952), the son of East German dissident Robert Havemann
- Florian Hecker, a German electronic music composer
- Florian Heller (born 1982), a German football player
- Johann Florian Heller (1813–1871), an Austrian chemist, a founder of clinical chemistry
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (born 1973), an Austrian-German director and screenwriter
- Florian Homm (born 1959), a German financier
- Florian Hube (born 1980), a German football player
- Florian Hufsky (1986–2009), an Austrian new media artist, political activist
- Florian Iberer (born 1982), an Austrian ice hockey player
- Florian Jarjat (born 1980), a French football player
- Florian Jenni (born 1980), a Swiss chess player
- Florian Jouanny (born 1992), a French para-cyclist
- Florian Jungwirth (born 1989), a German footballer
- Florian Just (born 1982), a German pair skater
- Florian Kehrmann (born 1977), a German handball player
- Florian Keller (born 1981), a German field hockey player
- Florian Kempf (born 1956), an American football player
- Florian Klein (born 1986), an Austrian football player
- Florian Koch (born 1992), a German basketball player
- Florian Kohfeldt (born 1982), a German football manager
- Florian Kringe (born 1982), a German footballer
- Florian Lampert (1863–1930), an American politician
- Florian Lechner (born 1981), a German football player
- Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774), a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer
- Florian Liegl (born 1983), an Austrian ski jumper
- Florian Lipowitz (born 2000), a German racing cyclist
- Florian Lucchini, a French footballer
- Florian Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Florian Mader (born 1982), an Austrian association football player
- Florian Maier-Aichen (born 1973), a German landscape photographer
- Florian Marange (born 1986), a French football defender
- Florian Marciniak (1915–1944), a Polish scoutmaster
- Florian Marinescu, a Romanian sprint canoer
- Florian Maurice (born 1974), a French former football player
- Florian Mayer (born 1983), a German tennis player
- Florian Metz (born 1985), an Austrian footballer
- Florian Meyer (born 1968), a German football referee
- Florian Mohr (born 1984), a German footballer
- Florian Myrtaj (born 1976), an Albanian footballer
- Florian Neuhold (born 1993), an Austrian footballer
- Florian Philippot (born 1981), a French politician
- Florian Picasso (born 1990), a French DJ and descendant of Pablo Picasso
- Florian Pilkington-Miksa (1950–2021), an English drummer
- Florian Pittiș (1943–2007), a Romanian actor
- Florian Pop, a Romanian mathematician
- Florian Porcius (1816–1906), Austro-Hungarian Romanian botanist
- Florian Prantl, an Austrian luger
- Florian Quintilla (born 1988), French rugby league footballer
- Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł (1715–1760), a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic
- Florian Riedel (born 1990), a German footballer
- Florian Roost (born 1989), a Swiss ice dancer
- Florian Rousseau (born 1974), a French track cyclist
- Florian Rus (born 1989), a Romanian singer and songwriter
- Florian Schabereiter (born 1991), an Austrian ski jumper
- Florian Schneeberger (1971–2026), an Austrian sailor
- Florian Schneider (1947–2020), a German electronic musician
- Florian Schönbeck (born 1974), a German decathlete
- Florian Schulz, a German photographer
- Florian Schwarthoff (born 1968), a German hurdler
- Florian Seidl (born 1979), an Austrian vehicle designer
- Florian Seitz (born 1982), a German sprinter
- Florian Sénéchal (born 1993), a French racing cyclist
- Florian Siekmann (born 1995), German politician
- Florian Silbereisen (born 1981), a German musician and television presenter
- Florian Siwicki (1925–2013), a Polish politician
- Florian Skilang Temengil (born 1986), a Palauan wrestler
- Florian Slotawa (born 1972), a German conceptual artist
- Florian Stablewski (1841–1906), a Polish priest and politician
- Florian Stahel (born 1985), a Swiss footballer
- Florian Stalder (born 1982), a Swiss racing cyclist
- Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă (1881–1958), a Romanian psychologist
- Florian Stengg (born 1989), an Austrian skier
- Florian Sturm (born 1982), an Austrian footballer
- Florian Süssmayr (born 1963), a German painter
- Florian Święs (1939–2015), a Polish geobiologist
- Florian Thauvin (born 1993), a French football player
- Florian Thorwart (born 1982), a German football player
- Florian Tschögl, an Austrian "righteous among the Nations"
- Florian Uhlig (born 1974), a German pianist
- Florian Ungler (died 1536), a Bavarian printer
- Florian Vermeersch (born 1999), a Belgian racing cyclist
- Florian Vijent (1961–1989), a Dutch-Surinamese football goalkeeper
- Florian Vogel (disambiguation): several people
- Florian Wanner (born 1978), a German judoka
- Florian Wiek (born 1972), a German pianist
- Florian Willet (1977–2025), a German academic, author and pro-euthanasia activist
- Ernst Florian Winter (1923–2014), an Austrian-American historian and political scientist
- Florian Wirtz (born 2003), a German football player
- Florian ZaBach (1918–2006), an American musician and TV personality
- Florian Zeller (born 1979), a French novelist and playwright
- Florian Zellhofer (born 1988), an Austrian footballer
- Florian Zimmer, a German magician
- Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), a Polish sociologist
Surname
- Aaron Florian (1805–1887), a Romanian historian
- Austin Florian (born 1994), an American skeleton racer
- Dawid Florian (born 1982), a Polish footballer
- Federico De Florian (1921–2003), an Italian skier
- Filip Florian (born 1968), a Romanian author
- Friedrich Karl Florian (1894–1975), the Gauleiter of Düsseldorf in Nazi Germany
- Friedrich St. Florian (1932–2024), an Austrian-American architect
- Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), a French poet and romance writer
- Josef Florian (1873–1941), a Czech publisher and translator
- Juan José Florian (born c. 1982), a Colombian para cyclist
- Kenny Florian (born 1976), a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist
- Mircea Florian (philosopher) (1888–1960), a Romanian philosopher
- Mircea Florian (born 1949), a Romanian singer and multimedia artist
- Nicolas Florian (1969–2025), a French politician
- Rick Florian (born 1962), an American musician, songwriter and producer
- Teodor Florian (born 1899, date of death unknown), a Romanian rugby union footballer
Fictional characters
- Florian, the male protagonist of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
- Florian, the protagonist of Florian: The Emperor’s Stallion by Felix Salten
- Florian, the protagonist of Gorgeous Carat manga
- Florian, a prominent character in the novel Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
- Florian Brandner, on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
- Florian Cravic, also known as Bernie Crane, a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
- Florean Fortescue, a shopkeeper in the Harry Potter universe
- Florian Reiss, in the manga Attack on Titan
- Prince Florian, a character appearing in Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Prince Florian, a character in the novel Clockwork
- Florian Verisey, a character in the fantasy series "The Druid and the Dragon Queen" by Esmeray Sultan
