Firmin
Firmin is a male given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from Latin and means "the firm", "the strong", "the steadfast".
name day
variants
Well-known namesake
First name
- Firmin the Elder of Amiens ( Firmin the Martyr ; ~ 272– ~ 303), saint, Bishop of Amiens
- Firmin the Younger of Amiens ( Firmin the Confessor ; † 4th century), saint, Bishop of Amiens
- Firmin Abauzit (1679–1767), French scholar (science, history, theology and philosophy)
- Firmin Didot (1764–1836), French typographer and writer
- Firmin Lambot (1886–1964), Belgian racing cyclist
- Firmin Massot (1766–1849), Swiss portrait and genre painter
Female
- Firmine Richard (born 1947), French actress
family name
- Claude Firmin (1864–1944), French painter and art educator
- Joseph-Anténor Firmin (1850–1911), Haitian anthropologist, journalist and politician
- Lénora Guion-Firmin (* 1991), French sprinter
- Marie-François Firmin-Girard (1838–1921), French genre and landscape painter
Individual evidence
See also
- Pirmin ( no variant)
- Saint-Firmin