Florian (name)
Florian is a masculine given name borrowed from the ancient Roman name Florianus. The name is derived from Florus, from Latin, related to .
It is the name of a patron saint of Poland and the patron saint of Upper Austria. Florian remains a common name in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland.
Variants
- Florian – German, Polish, French, Romanian
- Floriano – Italian, Portuguese
- Florianus – Latin
- Florián – Spanish
- Flórián – Hungarian
- Florijan/Florjan – Slovene
- Floriane – French
- Florencio – Spanish
- Fiorino – Italian
- Florin / Florian – Romanian
- Flori / Florian – Albanian
- Florinus, Florus – Latin
- Flurin – Romansch
- – Russian
- – Bulgarian
Given name
- Saint Florian, a 4th-century martyr in the Roman Empire, patron of firemen
- Florian Abel, a 16th-century Austrian painter
- Anton Florian of Liechtenstein, an early prince of Liechtenstein
- Florian Abrahamowicz, an Austrian priest
- Florian Andrighetto, an Australian politician
- Florian Armstrong, birth name of Dido, a British singer
- Florian Bague, a French football goalkeeper
- Florian Ballhaus, a German cinematographer
- Florian Bellanger, a French pastry chef, TV personality
- Florian Berisha, a Kosovan football midfielder
- Florian Bertmer, a German illustrator
- Florian Biesik, an Austro-Hungarian Wymysorys linguist
- Florian Bollen, chairman of Great Wheel Corporation and Singapore Flyer
- Florian Boucansaud, a French football defender
- Florian Bourrassaud, a French table tennis player
- Florian Bouziani, a French para-cyclist
- Florian Bruns, a German football midfielder
- Florian Côté, a Québécois politician
- Florian Cajori, a Swiss-American historian of mathematics
- Florian Cazalot, a rugby union player
- Florian Ceynowa, a Kashubian political activist and linguist
- Florian Chauche, French politician
- Florian Chmielewski, a Minnesota Senate president
- Florian Clara, an Italian luger
- Florian Dan Lăcustă, a Romanian footballer
- Florian Johann Deller, an Austrian composer and violinist
- Florian Dick, a German football defender
- Florian Dinhopel, an Austrian ice hockey player
- Florian Eisath, an Italian alpine ski racer
- Florian-Ayala Fauna, an American musician
- Florian Fricke, a German musician
- Florian Fritsch, a German golfer
- Florian Fritz, a French rugby union footballer
- Florian Fromlowitz, a German footballer
- Florian Gallenberger, a German film director
- Stefan Florian Garczyński, a Polish Romantic poet, a Messianist
- Florian Geyer, a Franconian nobleman, diplomat and knight
- Florian Goebel, a German astrophysicist
- Florian Gosch, an Austrian beach volleyball player
- Florian Grassl, a German skeleton racer
- Florian Gruber, a German auto racing driver
- Florian Grzechowiak, a Polish basketball player
- Florian Guay, a Québécois politician
- Florian Habicht, a New Zealand film director
- Florian Hart, an Austrian footballer
- Florian Havemann, the son of East German dissident Robert Havemann
- Florian Hecker, a German electronic music composer
- Florian Heller, a German football player
- Johann Florian Heller, an Austrian chemist, a founder of clinical chemistry
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, an Austrian-German director and screenwriter
- Florian Homm, a German financier
- Florian Hube, a German football player
- Florian Hufsky, an Austrian new media artist, political activist
- Florian Iberer, an Austrian ice hockey player
- Florian Jarjat, a French football player
- Florian Jenni, a Swiss chess player
- Florian Jouanny, a French para-cyclist
- Florian Jungwirth, a German footballer
- Florian Just, a German pair skater
- Florian Kehrmann, a German handball player
- Florian Keller, a German field hockey player
- Florian Kempf, an American football player
- Florian Klein, an Austrian football player
- Florian Koch, a German basketball player
- Florian Kohfeldt, a German football manager
- Florian Kringe, a German footballer
- Florian Lampert, an American politician
- Florian Lechner, a German football player
- Florian Leopold Gassmann, a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer
- Florian Liegl, an Austrian ski jumper
- Florian Lipowitz, a German racing cyclist
- Florian Lucchini, a French footballer
- Florian Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Florian Mader, an Austrian association football player
- Florian Maier-Aichen, a German landscape photographer
- Florian Marange, a French football defender
- Florian Marciniak, a Polish scoutmaster
- Florian Marinescu, a Romanian sprint canoer
- Florian Maurice, a French former football player
- Florian Mayer, a German tennis player
- Florian Metz, an Austrian footballer
- Florian Meyer, a German football referee
- Florian Mohr, a German footballer
- Florian Myrtaj, an Albanian footballer
- Florian Neuhold, an Austrian footballer
- Florian Philippot, a French politician
- Florian Picasso, a French DJ and descendant of Pablo Picasso
- Florian Pilkington-Miksa, an English drummer
- Florian Pittiș, a Romanian actor
- Florian Pop, a Romanian mathematician
- Florian Porcius, Austro-Hungarian Romanian botanist
- Florian Prantl, an Austrian luger
- Florian Quintilla, French rugby league footballer
- Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł, a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic
- Florian Riedel, a German footballer
- Florian Roost, a Swiss ice dancer
- Florian Rousseau, a French track cyclist
- Florian Rus, a Romanian singer and songwriter
- Florian Süssmayr, a German painter
- Florian Schönbeck, a German decathlete
- Florian Schabereiter, an Austrian ski jumper
- Florian Schneider, a German electronic musician
- Florian Schulz, a German photographer
- Florian Schwarthoff, a German hurdler
- Florian Seidl, an Austrian vehicle designer
- Florian Seitz, a German sprinter
- Florian Sénéchal, a French racing cyclist
- Florian Siekmann, German politician
- Florian Silbereisen, a German musician and television presenter
- Florian Siwicki, a Polish politician
- Florian Skilang Temengil, a Palauan wrestler
- Florian Slotawa, a German conceptual artist
- Florian Stablewski, a Polish priest and politician
- Florian Stahel, a Swiss footballer
- Florian Stalder, a Swiss racing cyclist
- Florian Stengg, an Austrian skier
- Florian Sturm, an Austrian footballer
- Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă, a Romanian psychologist
- Florian Święs, a Polish geobiologist
- Florian Thauvin, a French football player
- Florian Thorwart, a German football player
- Florian Tschögl, an Austrian "righteous among the Nations"
- Florian Uhlig, a German pianist
- Florian Ungler, a Bavarian printer
- Florian Vermeersch, a Belgian racing cyclist
- Florian Vijent, a Dutch-Surinamese football goalkeeper
- Florian Vogel (disambiguation): several people
- Florian Wanner, a German judoka
- Florian Wiek, a German pianist
- Florian Willet, a German academic, author and pro-euthanasia activist
- Ernst Florian Winter, an Austrian-American historian and political scientist
- Florian Wirtz, a German football player
- Florian ZaBach, an American musician and TV personality
- Florian Zeller, a French novelist and playwright
- Florian Zellhofer, an Austrian footballer
- Florian Zimmer, a German magician
- Florian Znaniecki, a Polish sociologist
Surname
- Aaron Florian, a Romanian historian
- Austin Florian, an American skeleton racer
- Dawid Florian, a Polish footballer
- Federico De Florian, an Italian skier
- Filip Florian, a Romanian author
- Friedrich Karl Florian, the Gauleiter of Düsseldorf in Nazi Germany
- Friedrich St. Florian, an Austrian-American architect
- Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, a French poet and romance writer
- Josef Florian, a Czech publisher and translator
- Juan José Florian, a Colombian para cyclist
- Kenny Florian, a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist
- Mircea Florian (philosopher), a Romanian philosopher
- Mircea Florian, a Romanian singer and multimedia artist
- Nicolas Florian, a French politician
- Rick Florian, an American musician, songwriter and producer
- Teodor Florian, a Romanian rugby union footballer
Fictional characters
- Florian, the male protagonist of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
- Florian, the protagonist of Florian: The Emperor’s Stallion by Felix Salten
- Florian, the protagonist of Gorgeous Carat manga
- Florian, a prominent character in the novel Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
- Florian Brandner, on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
- Florian Cravic, also known as Bernie Crane, a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
- Florean Fortescue, a shopkeeper in the Harry Potter universe
- Florian Reiss, in the manga Attack on Titan
- Prince Florian, a character appearing in Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Prince Florian, a character in the novel Clockwork
- Florian Verisey, a character in the fantasy series "The Druid and the Dragon Queen" by Esmeray Sultan