Florian

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Saint Florian , painted by Francesco del Cossa in 1473 .

Florian is a male given name and a family name .

Origin and meaning

Florian is borrowed from the Latin name Flōriānus , originally a cognomen , which in turn is derived from Flōrus . It is based on the Latin flōrus , a rarely used adjective, the original meaning of which is “yellow, blond”, but which later “bloom” i under the influence of flōrēre . S. v. "Blossoming" or "shiny, splendid" was used. Also Florian itself is Folk etymology often with flōrēre and Flos (genitive singular Floris connected) "Bloom Flower" and "(etc.) of Blooming, Magnificent" interpreted as.

name day

Saint Florian was a Christian martyr who lived in the 4th century. He is patron of Upper Austria and patron saint of firefighters , the brewer and soap makers , the chimney sweep and Poland .

distribution

The name Florian (also in variants) can be found all over Europe. It is traditionally widespread in Bavaria and Upper Austria. Since around 1970, boys throughout Germany have been called Florian, and from the mid-1980s to the turn of the millennium, the name was often among the ten most frequently given first names of the respective year.

variants

  • Italian: Fiorino, Floriano
  • Latin: Florianus
  • Romansh : Flurin
  • Romanian: Florin, Florian
  • Russian: Флор (Flor)
  • Spanish: Florencio, Florián
  • Czech: Florián
  • Hungarian: Flórián

Feminine forms:

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  1. ↑ Kohlheim Rosa, cabbage Home Volker: Dictionary of Names . 7th, completely revised edition. Dudenverlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-411-04947-9 , pp. 274 ( full text in Google Book Search).
  2. ↑ For the frequency of the first name in Germany (1998) type in "Florian" ( memento of the original from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gen-evolu.de
  3. ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"