Florian (name)

Florian is a masculine given name borrowed from the ancient Roman name Florianus. The name is derived from Florus,^[1] from Latin flōrus "(originally) yellow, blond; (later) flowering" (related to flāvus "yellow, blond"; compare also Romanian flor "blond, with reddish-blond hair"), although by popular etymology it is often linked to flōs (genitive singular flōris) "flower". It is the name of the patron saint of Poland and Upper Austria.

Florian is a common name in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

Masculine variants and related names

Masculine variants

Florian German, Polish, French (from Italian or German)
Floriano Italian and Portuguese
Florianus Latin
Florián Spanish
Flórián Hungarian

Related names

Floriane French
Florencio Spanish
Fiorino Italian
Florin Albanian, Romanian
Florinus Latin
Florus Latin
Flurin Romansch^[2]
Флор (Flor) Russian

Given name

Saint Florian (died ca. 304), a Christian saint, and the patron saint of Poland
Bernhard, Arnold, and Florian Abel, Florian Abel was a painter in the middle of the 16th century
Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (1656–1721), the Prince of Liechtenstein
Florian Abrahamowicz (born 1961), an Austrian-born priest who has been superior of the Society of St. Pius X in Italy
Florian Andrighetto (born 1953), an Australian politician
Florian Armstrong (born 1971), Birth name of Dido, a popular British singer
Florian Bague (born 1984), a French football goalkeeper
Florian Ballhaus (born 1965), a German cinematographer who has worked on several recent major Hollywood releases
Florian Balmer (born 1979), an independent software developer living in Switzerland
Florian Bellanger (born 1968), a French Pastry Chef living in USA, judge on Food Network TV show "Cupcake Wars"
Florian Berisha (born 1990), a Kosovan football midfielder
Florian Bertmer, a German illustrator from the Hardcore punk, grindcore and metal scene
Florian Biesik (born 1849), created a literary standard for the Wymysorys language, trying to prove it did not derive from German origin
Florian Bollen, chairman of Great Wheel Corporation and Singapore Flyer Pte. Ltd.
Florian Boucansaud (born 1981), a French professional football defender
Florian Brandner, a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
Florian Bruns (born 1979), a German football midfielder
Florian Côté (1929–2002), a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
Florian Cajori (born 1859), one of the most celebrated historians of mathematics in his day
Florian Cazalot (born 1985), a rugby union player, who plays as prop or hooker for Section Paloise
Florian Ceynowa (1817–1881), doctor, political activist, writer, linguist
Florian Chmielewski (born 1927), a Minnesota musician, politician, a former legislator, and a former President of the Minnesota Senate
Florian Clara (born 1988), an Italian luger who has competed since 2005
Florian Dan Lăcustă (born 1977), a Romanian professional footballer
Florian Dick (born 1984), a German football defender
Florian Dinhopel (born 1987), an Austrian ice hockey player currently playing for Graz 99ers
Florian Eisath (born 1984), an Italian alpine ski racer
Florian Fricke (1944–2001), a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music
Florian Fritsch (born 1985), a German professional golfer who currently plays on the Challenge Tour
Florian Fritz (born 1984), a French rugby union footballer
Florian Fromlowitz (born 1986), a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Hannover 96
Florian Gallenberger (born 1972), an Academy Award-winning German film director
Stefan Florian Garczyński (1805–1833), a Polish patriot and Romantic poet, a passionate Messianist
Florian Geyer (1490–1525), also known as "Florian Geier from Giebelstadt", was a Franconian nobleman, diplomat and knight
Florian Goebel (1972–2008), a German astrophysicist attached to the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich
Florian Gosch (born 1980), a beach volleyball player from Austria
Florian Grassl (born 1980), a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2002
Florian Gruber (born 1983), a German auto racing driver
Florian Grzechowiak (1914–1972), a Polish basketball player
Florian Guay, a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
Florian Habicht (born 1975), a New Zealand film director
Florian Hart (born 1990), an Austrian footballer who currently plays for LASK Linz
Florian Havemann (born 1952), the son of East German dissident Robert Havemann
Florian Hecker, an electronic music composer
Florian Heller (born 1982), a German football player
Johann Florian Heller (1813–1871), an Austrian chemist who was one of the founders of clinical chemistry
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (born 1973), an Oscar-winning Austrian-German director and screenwriter
Florian Homm (born 1959), a financier, proprietary trader, investment manager, investment banker, venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur
Florian Hube (born 1980), a German football player
Florian Hufsky (1986–2009), an Austrian new media artist, political activist, founder and former board member of the Pirate Party of Austria
Florian Iberer (born 1982), an Austrian ice hockey player who currently plays for EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Hockey League
Florian Jarjat (born 1980), a French football player
Florian Jenni (born 1980), a Swiss chess player and International Grandmaster of chess
Florian Johann Deller (1729–1773), an Austrian composer and violinist
Florian Jungwirth (born 1989), a German footballer who plays as a defender for Dynamo Dresden
Florian Just (born 1982), a German pair skater
Florian Kehrmann (born 1977), a German handball player
Florian Keller (born 1981), a field hockey player from Germany and the brother of Natascha Keller
Florian Kempf (born 1956), American football player
Florian Klein (born 1986), an Austrian football player who currently plays for Austrian team Austria Wien
Florian Koch (born 1992), a German basketball player
Florian Kringe (born 1982), a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hertha BSC
Florian Kunz (born 1972), a former field hockey defender from Germany
Florian Lampert (1863–1930), a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1918–1930
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 who has competed since 2000
Florian Lucchini, a French footballer
Florian Müller (born 1970), an author, entrepreneur, consultant, founder of the NoSoftwarePatents campaign
Florian Müller (footballer) (born 1986), a German football player
Florian Mader (born 1982), an Austrian professional association football player
Florian Maier-Aichen (born 1973), a landscape photographer based in Cologne, Germany and Los Angeles, USA
Florian Marange (born 1986), a French football defender, currently playing for AS Nancy
Florian Marciniak (1915–1944), a Polish Scoutmaster, first Naczelnik of the Szare Szeregi during the Second World War
Florian Marinescu, a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s
Florian Maurice (born 1974), a French former football player
Florian Mayer (born 1983), a professional male tennis player from Germany
Florian Metz (born 1985), an Austrian international footballer who plays as a defender for LASK Linz
Florian Meyer (born 1968), a German football referee
Florian Mohr (born 1984), a German footballer, who currently plays for SC Paderborn 07
Florian Myrtaj (born 1976), an Albanian footballer
Florian Neuhold (born 1993), an Austrian footballer
Florian Osore (born 1992), a Kenya rugby union footballer
Florian Pilkington-Miksa (born 1950), the drummer in the original line-up of the British rock group Curved Air
Florian Pittiş (1943–2007), a Romanian stage and television actor, theatre director, folk music singer, and radio producer
Florian Pop, a Romanian mathematician, a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania
Florian Porcius (1816-1906), Austro-Hungarian Romanian botanist
Florian Prantl, an Austrian luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s
Florian Quintilla (born 1988), a rugby league player
Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł (1715–1760), a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic
Florian Riedel (born 1990), a German footballer who plays as a midfielder
Florian Roost (born 1989), a Swiss ice dancer
Florian Rousseau (born 1974), a French former track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics
Florian Süssmayr (born 1963), a German painter from Munich
Florian Schönbeck (born 1974), a retired German decathlete
Florian Schabereiter (born 1991), an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 2006
Florian Schneider (born 1947), one of the founding members of electronic music band Kraftwerk
Florian Schulz, a professional nature and wildlife photographer based in southern Germany
Florian Schwarthoff (born 1968), a former German hurdler, won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Florian Seidl (born 1979), an Austrian vehicle designer
Florian Seitz (born 1982), a German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres
Florian Siwicki (born 1925), a Polish military officer, diplomat, a communist politician, and retired General of the Polish Army
Florian Skilang Temengil (born 1986), a Palauan wrestler at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas
Florian Slotawa (born 1972 in Rosenheim) is a German conceptual artist
Florian Stablewski (1841–1906), a Polish priest and politician
Florian Stahel (born 1985), a footballer from Switzerland
Florian Stalder (born 1982), a Swiss racing cyclist with Team Volksbank
Florian Stengg (born 1989), an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline
Florian Sturm (born 1982), an Austrian footballer currently playing for SV Ried
Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă (1881–1958), a Romanian psychologist
Florian Święs (born 1939), a full professor of Biology and Earth Sciences at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Florian Thorwart (born 1982), a German retired football player who last played for FC Schalke 04 II
Florian Tschögl received the honorary title “righteous among the Nations” from the Yad Vashem remembrance authority in Jerusalem
Florian Uhlig (born 1974 in Düsseldorf, Germany) is a German pianist
Florian Ungler (died 1536), a printer from Bavaria, pioneer of printing and publishing in Polish language
Florian Vijent (1961–1989), a Dutch-Surinamese football goalkeeper
Florian Vogel (disambiguation), several people
Florian Wanner (born 1978), a German judoka
Florian Wiek, scholarship-holder of Villa musica-Mainz where he performed chamber music with leading German musicians
Ernst Florian Winter (born 1923), an Austrian-American historian and political scientist
Florian ZaBach (1918–2006), an American musician and TV personality
Florian Zamoyski (?-1510), a Polish nobleman
Florian Zeller (born 1979), a French novelist and playwright
Florian Zimmer, the reigning European Champion of Magic
Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), a Polish sociologist

Surname

Dawid Florian (born 1982), a Polish professional footballer who plays for Polish second-tier side Znicz Pruszków
Federico De Florian (born 1921), an Italian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s
Filip Florian (born 1968), a Romanian author
Friedrich Karl Florian (1894–1975), the Gauleiter of Düsseldorf in Nazi Germany
Friedrich St. Florian (born 1932), an Austrian-American architect
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), a French poet and romance writer
Josef Florian (1873–1941), Czech book publisher and translator
Kenny Florian (born 1976), a Peruvian American mixed martial artist with a background in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai
Mircea Florian (1888–1960), Romanian philosopher
Mircea Florian (born 1949), Romanian singer and multimedia artist
Rick Florian (born 1962), a musician, songwriter and producer, lead singer of Contemporary Christian Music rock band Whiteheart
Teodor Florian (born 1899), a Romanian rugby union footballer

Notes

↑ Kohlheim, Rosa; Kohlheim, Volker (2016). Lexikon der Vornamen (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. p. 274. ISBN 978-3-411-04947-9.
↑ http://www.behindthename.com/php/related.php?name=florian

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