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Florian

FLAW-ree-un;
Latin
"flowering"
Clare Green
By Clare Green
Updated Thu Apr 24 2025

Florian Origin and Meaning

The name Florian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "flowering".

If Flora and Florence have returned full force, Florian, with its trendy Latinate ending, could also have a chance. Popular in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and France, St Florian was the venerated patron saint of those in danger from water and the patron saint of firefighters.

The second century Roman martyr St. Florian appears in Tennyson's poem "The Princess," and also in Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera "Princess Ida." Sir Florian Eustace is an off-stage character in Trollope's novel The Eustace Diamonds, Florian Fortescue runs an ice cream shop in Harry Potter, and Florian is the real first name of singer Dido.

Stylish Florian could be a great way to honor a Florence (or a Lily, Violet, or Rose) and it fits in with other gentler names like Gabriel, Elias, and August, that are in style for boys.

# 920 in the US

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Florian Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Florian

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Famous People Named Florian

  • Saint Florian
    Austrian patron saint of chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighters
  • Florian Witold Znaniecki
    Polish philosopher
  • Florian Tristan Mariano Thauvin
    French footballer
  • Florian Fischer
    German pop singer of group The Boyz
  • Florian Bellanger
    French pastry chef, judge on TV's Cupcake Wars
  • Florian Côté
    Canadian MP
  • Hans Florian Zimmer
    German film composer
  • Florian Regtien
    Dutch actor

The name Florian in Pop Culture

  • Florian Fortescue
    minor character in the Harry Potter books
  • Florian
    mentioned in the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
  • Florian
    one of four main characters in Ruta Sepetys' book, Salt to the Sea
  • Florian
    a main character in manga "Gorgeous Carat"
  • Florian
    the Snow Prince in Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
  • Florian Cravic
    aka Bernie Crane, a character in the video game "Grand Theft Auto 4"

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