Given name & surname
Florent
“resembling a flower; one who is flourishing”
Florent is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “resembling a flower; one who is flourishing.”
Original FrenchFlo
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “resembling a flower; one who is flourishing.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Florent through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 50
- 50 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 388 as a first name in 2020; 364 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Florent’s family of names
In French usage, Florent has a diminutive in Flo. In French usage, Florent has a feminine form in Florence. In French usage, Florent has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Florencio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Florent has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 18
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Florencefeminine form · French
- FlorencioSpanish
- FiorenzoItalian
- Flóriánequivalent
- Florianoequivalent
- Florianusequivalent
- Floorequivalent
- Flurinequivalent
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People named Florent
- Florent MaloudaFrench footballer (born 1980)
- Florent ManaudouFrench swimmerborn 1990
- Florent Sinama PongolleFrench footballer (born 1984)
- Florent SchmittFrench composer (1870-1958)
- Florent SerraFrench tennis playerborn 1981
- Florent PagnyFrench recording artist; singerborn 1961
- Florent BalmontFrench association football playerborn 1980
- Florent PiétrusFrench basketball player (born 1981)
- Florent HadergjonajSwiss-Kosovan association football playerborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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