Given name
Floriana
Floriana is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in English and Polish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Floriana is a variant of Flora. An origin associated with Flora is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Flōriāna, built from English Florian + -a.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Floriana is a variant of Flora. The history of Flora gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Flora is associated with the goddess of flowers.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Floriana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 0 boys · 68 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,330 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,330 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 307 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Floriana’s family of names
In English usage, Floriana shares an earlier linguistic root with FLORIENNE. Floriana has a related form in Flora. In Spanish usage, Floriana has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Flora.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Floriana has relatives in 5 languages.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Floriana
- Floriana LimaAmerican actressborn 1981
- Floriana GaroAlbanian model and television presenterborn 1987
- Floriana BertoneItalian volleyball playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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