Florian
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
- May 4th .
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:
Name bearer
First name
- Florianus († 276), Roman emperor
- Florian von Lorch († 304), Christian martyr and saint
- Florian Abel († 1565), German painter and draftsman
- Florian Abel (* 1989), German soccer player
- Florian Adamski (* 1971), Austrian cabaret artist and actor
- Flórián Albert (1941–2011), Hungarian football player and coach
- Florian Alt (* 1996), German motorcycle racer
- Florian Ambrosius (* 1975), German television presenter
- Florian Ambru (* 1928), Romanian football player and coach
- Florian Ast (* 1975), Swiss musician
- Florian Billek (* 1988), German handball player
- Florian Bissinger (* 1988), German racing cyclist
- Florian Bittner (* 1991), German soccer player
- Florian Burmeister (* 1997), German handball player
- Florian Ceynowa (1817–1881), German writer and civil rights activist
- Florian Coulmas (* 1949), German Japanologist
- Florian David Fitz (* 1974), German actor
- Florian Gärtner (* 1968), German film director and screenwriter
- Florian Gerster (* 1949), German politician
- Florian Geyer (around 1490–1525), German knight and diplomat
- Florian Guillou (* 1982), French racing cyclist
- Florian Grafl (* 1982), German chess player
- Florian Grillitsch (* 1995), Austrian soccer player
- Florian Halm (* 1964), German actor and voice actor
- Florian Hammer (* 1982), German pool player
- Florian Hart (* 1990), Austrian soccer player
- Florian Havemann (* 1952), German writer, painter and composer
- Florian Heller (* 1982), German soccer player
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (* 1973), German director
- Florian Hossner (* 1982), German handball player
- Florian Hufnagl (1948–2019), German art historian
- Florian Illies (* 1971), German journalist and book author
- Flurin Jecker (* 1990), Swiss writer and journalist
- Florian Just (* 1982), German figure skater
- Florian Kath (* 1994), German soccer player
- Florian Kehrmann (* 1977), German handball player
- Florian Kirchner (* 1986), German handball player
- Florian König (* 1967), German presenter and sports reporter
- Florian Langenscheidt (* 1955), German publisher
- Florian Langmann (* 1983), German poker player
- Florian Leitner (* 1988), Austrian soccer player
- Florian Lukas (* 1973), German actor
- Florian Mayer (* 1983), German tennis player
- Florian Odendahl (* 1974), German actor
- Florian Opitz (* 1973), German documentary film director, author and journalist
- Florian Pötz (* 1991), Austrian chess player
- Florian Rötzer (* 1953), German journalist
- Florian Ruck (* 1992), German soccer player
- Florian Schmidt-Foss (* 1974), German actor and radio play speaker
- Florian Schneider-Esleben (1947–2020), German musician
- Florian Schöbinger (* 1986), German handball player
- Florian Schwarthoff (* 1968), German athlete
- Florian Silbereisen (* 1981), German presenter and folk song singer
- Florian Simbeck (* 1971), German actor, comedian and politician (SPD)
- Florian Slotawa (* 1972), German conceptual artist
- Florian Stadler (* 1973), German actor
- Florian Stritzel (* 1994), German soccer goalkeeper
- Florian Thorwart (* 1982), German soccer player
- Florian Walter (* 1987), German jazz and improvisation musician
- Florian Weber (* 1963), German politician (BP)
- Florian Weber (* 1974), German rock musician
- Florian Weber (* 1976), German television presenter
- Florian Weber (* 1977), German jazz musician
- Florian Weber (* 1981), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Florian Wilmsmann (* 1996), German freestyle skier
- Florián Zajíc (1853–1926), Czech violinist and music teacher
- Florian Zimmer (* 1983), German magician and illusionist
family name
- August Florian (1928–2017), Austrian mathematician
- Aurelia Florian (* 19 ??), Romanian opera singer
- Barbara Florian (* 1931), Swedish actress
- Filip Florian (* 1968), Romanian writer
- Frank-Henning Florian (* 1955), German manager
- Friedrich Karl Florian (1894–1975), German politician (NSDAP)
- Friedrich St. Florian (* 1932), Austrian-American architect
- Hans-Gerd Florian (* 1955), German soccer player
- Hans-Joachim Florian (1922–2009), German occupational physician
- Henriette Florian (1938–2013), Austrian painter and writer
- Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), French fabulous poet
- Josef Florian (1873–1941), Czech writer
- Kenny Florian (* 1976), American martial artist
- Ludwig Maria Florian (1900–1973), German administrative officer and local politician (CDU)
- Maximilian Florian (1901–1982), Austrian painter
- Michael Florian (1911–1984), Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Mircea George Florian (1888–1960), Romanian philosopher
- Miroslav Florian (1931–1996), Czech poet and translator
- Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926), Austrian painter
- Pavel Florián (* 1987), Czech badminton player
- Peter Florian (pianist) (* 1944), German pianist of Romanian origin
- Peter Florian (* 1964), Austrian artist
- Radu Florian (1920–1991), Romanian football player
- Sabina Florian (* 1983), Italian ice hockey player
- Tibor Flórián (1919–1990), Hungarian chess player and official
- Walther Florian (1921-2010), German economist
- Winfried Florian (1926–2012), German administrative lawyer
swell
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"