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