Florian
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning flowering or blooming; from floris.
Florian by the numbers
In 2025, 36 babies in England and Wales were named Florian. In the US, 19 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 125 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Florian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Florinflower or blooming9 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a flower
Like Florian, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Zahirblooming flower, brilliant, shining214 in the US (2017)
- Zayaangrace, beauty, or bloom; variant of Zayan180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maligarland; necklace132 in England and Wales (2025)
- Blossomflower, bloom of a plant124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zohaanblooming or flowering; a form of Zohra41 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Florian
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