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

• 7th of July

variants

• Firmino , Firminus , Fermín ; feminine form: Firmine

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

1. ↑ NBI - verklaring voornaam Firminus

See also

• Pirmin ( no variant)
• Saint-Firmin