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"). In spite of that, by popular etymology, it is often linked to flōs ("flower"; genitive singular flōris).

It is the name of a patron saint of Poland and the patron saint of Upper Austria. Florian (or a local equivalent) remains a common name in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland.

Masculine variants and related names

Given name

• Saint Florian, a 4th-century martyr in the Roman Empire, patron of firemen and several places
• Florian Abel, a 16th-century Austrian painter
• Anton Florian of Liechtenstein (1656–1721), an early prince of Liechtenstein
• Florian Abrahamowicz (born 1961), an Austrian priest
• Florian Andrighetto (born 1953), an Australian politician
• Florian Armstrong (born 1971), birth name of Dido, a British singer
• Florian Bague (born 1984), a French football goalkeeper
• Florian Ballhaus (born 1965), a German cinematographer
• Florian Balmer (born 1979), a Swiss software developer
• Florian Bellanger (born 1968), a French pastry chef, TV personality
• Florian Berisha (born 1990), a Kosovan football midfielder
• Florian Bertmer, a German illustrator
• Florian Biesik (born 1849), an Austro-Hungarian Wymysorys linguist
• Florian Bollen, chairman of Great Wheel Corporation and Singapore Flyer
• Florian Boucansaud (born 1981), a French football defender
• Florian Bruns (born 1979), a German football midfielder
• Florian Côté (1929–2002), a Québécois politician
• Florian Cajori (born 1859), a Swiss-American historian of mathematics
• Florian Cazalot (born 1985), a rugby union player
• Florian Ceynowa (1817–1881), a Kashubian political activist and linguist
• Florian Chmielewski (born 1927), a Minnesota Senate president
• Florian Clara (born 1988), an Italian luger
• Florian Dan Lăcustă (born 1977), a Romanian footballer
• Florian Dick (born 1984), a German football defender
• Florian Dinhopel (born 1987), an Austrian ice hockey player
• Florian Eisath (born 1984), an Italian alpine ski racer
• Florian-Ayala Fauna, an American musician
• Florian Fricke (1944–2001), a German musician
• Florian Fritsch (born 1985), a German golfer
• Florian Fritz (born 1984), a French rugby union footballer
• Florian Fromlowitz (born 1986), a German footballer
• Florian Gallenberger (born 1972), a German film director
• Stefan Florian Garczyński (1805–1833), a Polish Romantic poet, a Messianist
• Florian Geyer (Geier) (1490–1525), a Franconian nobleman, diplomat and knight
• Florian Goebel (1972–2008), a German astrophysicist
• Florian Gosch (born 1980), an Austrian beach volleyball player
• Florian Grassl (born 1980), a German skeleton racer
• Florian Gruber (born 1983), a German auto racing driver
• Florian Grzechowiak (1914–1972), a Polish basketball player
• Florian Guay, a Québécois politician
• Florian Habicht (born 1975), a New Zealand film director
• Florian Hart (born 1990), an Austrian footballer
• Florian Havemann (born 1952), the son of East German dissident Robert Havemann
• Florian Hecker, a German electronic music composer
• Florian Heller (born 1982), a German football player
• Johann Florian Heller (1813–1871), an Austrian chemist, a founder of clinical chemistry
• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (born 1973), an Austrian-German director and screenwriter
• Florian Homm (born 1959), a German financier
• Florian Hube (born 1980), a German football player
• Florian Hufsky (1986–2009), an Austrian new media artist, political activist
• Florian Iberer (born 1982), an Austrian ice hockey player
• Florian Jarjat (born 1980), a French football player
• Florian Jenni (born 1980), a Swiss chess player
• Florian Johann Deller (1729–1773), an Austrian composer and violinist
• Florian Jungwirth (born 1989), a German footballer
• Florian Just (born 1982), a German pair skater
• Florian Kehrmann (born 1977), a German handball player
• Florian Keller (born 1981), a German field hockey player
• Florian Kempf (born 1956), an American football player
• Florian Klein (born 1986), an Austrian football player
• Florian Koch (born 1992), a German basketball player
• Florian Kringe (born 1982), a German footballer
• Florian Lampert (1863–1930), an American politician
• 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
• Florian Lucchini, a French footballer
• Florian Müller (disambiguation): several people
• Florian Mader (born 1982), an Austrian association football player
• Florian Maier-Aichen (born 1973), a German landscape photographer
• Florian Marange (born 1986), a French football defender
• Florian Marciniak (1915–1944), a Polish scoutmaster
• Florian Marinescu, a Romanian sprint canoer
• Florian Maurice (born 1974), a French former football player
• Florian Mayer (born 1983), a German tennis player
• Florian Metz (born 1985), an Austrian footballer
• Florian Meyer (born 1968), a German football referee
• Florian Mohr (born 1984), a German footballer
• Florian Myrtaj (born 1976), an Albanian footballer
• Florian Neuhold (born 1993), an Austrian footballer
• Florian Osore (born 1992), a Kenyan rugby union footballer
• Florian Picasso (born 1990), a French DJ and descendant of Picasso
• Florian Pilkington-Miksa (born 1950), an English drummer
• Florian Pittiş (1943–2007), a Romanian actor
• Florian Pop, a Romanian mathematician
• Florian Porcius (1816-1906), Austro-Hungarian Romanian botanist
• Florian Prantl, an Austrian luger
• Florian Quintilla (born 1988), a rugby league player
• Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł (1715–1760), a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic
• Florian Riedel (born 1990), a German footballer
• Florian Roost (born 1989), a Swiss ice dancer
• Florian Rousseau (born 1974), a French track cyclist
• Florian Süssmayr (born 1963), a German painter
• Florian Schönbeck (born 1974), a German decathlete
• Florian Schabereiter (born 1991), an Austrian ski jumper
• Florian Schneider (born 1947), a German electronic musician
• Florian Schulz, a German photographer
• Florian Schwarthoff (born 1968), a German hurdler
• Florian Seidl (born 1979), an Austrian vehicle designer
• Florian Seitz (born 1982), a German sprinter
• Florian Siwicki (born 1925), a Polish politician
• Florian Skilang Temengil (born 1986), a Palauan wrestler
• Florian Slotawa (born 1972), a German conceptual artist
• Florian Stablewski (1841–1906), a Polish priest and politician
• Florian Stahel (born 1985), a Swiss footballer
• Florian Stalder (born 1982), a Swiss racing cyclist
• Florian Stengg (born 1989), an Austrian skier
• Florian Sturm (born 1982), an Austrian footballer
• Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă (1881–1958), a Romanian psychologist
• Florian Święs (born 1939), a Polish geobiologist
• Florian Thauvin (born 1993), a French football player
• Florian Thorwart (born 1982), a German football player
• Florian Tschögl, an Austrian "righteous among the Nations"
• Florian Uhlig (born 1974), a German pianist
• Florian Ungler (died 1536), a Bavarian printer
• Florian Vijent (1961–1989), a Dutch-Surinamese football goalkeeper
• Florian Vogel (disambiguation): several people
• Florian Wanner (born 1978), a German judoka
• Florian Wiek, a German pianists
• Ernst Florian Winter (born 1923), an Austrian-American historian and political scientist
• Florian ZaBach (1918–2006), an American musician and TV personality
• Florian Zamoyski (died 1510), a Polish nobleman
• Florian Zeller (born 1979), a French novelist and playwright
• Florian Zellhofer (born 1988), an Austrian footballer
• Florian Zimmer, a German magician
• Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), a Polish sociologist

Surname

• Dawid Florian (born 1982), a Polish footballer
• Federico De Florian (born 1921), an Italian skier
• 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), a Czech publisher and translator
• Kenny Florian (born 1976), a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist
• Mircea Florian (1888–1960), a Romanian philosopher
• Mircea Florian (born 1949), a Romanian singer and multimedia artist
• Rick Florian (born 1962), an American musician, songwriter and producer
• Teodor Florian (born 1899), a Romanian rugby union footballer

Fictional characters

• Florian Brandner, a character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
• In the Japanese manga Attack on Titan, a character is named Florian
• Florian, the protagonist of Gorgeous Carat
• Florian, an azi security specialist, a prominent character in the novel Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh

See also

• Florian (disambiguation)

References