Name profile

Florian

This name comes from the Roman cognomen Florianus, a derivative of Florus.

PronunciationGerman /ˈfloː.ʁi.an/; French /flɔ.ʁjɑ̃/; Polish /ˈflɔ.rjan/
Usage languagesFrench, German, History, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian
US rank (2025)#2,480

Meaning and history

Florian comes from the Roman cognomen Florianus, derived from Florus. It was borne by the short-reigning 3rd-century emperor Marcus Annius Florianus and by 3rd-century martyr Saint Florian, patron of Poland and Upper Austria.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 17 births, rank #5,072
2007: 15 births, rank #5,661
2008: 17 births, rank #5,249
2009: 15 births, rank #5,800
2010: 25 births, rank #3,994
20112011: 14 births, rank #5,945
2012: 13 births, rank #6,306
2013: 8 births, rank #8,789
2014: 16 births, rank #5,485
2015: 17 births, rank #5,289
20162016: 18 births, rank #5,124
2017: 19 births, rank #4,935
2018: 22 births, rank #4,476
2019: 11 births, rank #7,173
2020: 20 births, rank #4,698
20212021: 31 births, rank #3,582
2022: 24 births, rank #4,303
2023: 37 births, rank #3,228
2024: 37 births, rank #3,216
20252025: 54 births, rank #2,480

Florian rose from #994 to #921 for boys between 1938 and 1941. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 125 births.