Given name & surname
Floris
“resembling a flower; one who is flourishing”·“a flourishing woman; a blooming flower”
Floris is a variant of Florent. One French interpretation is “resembling a flower; one who is flourishing.” Floris is a form of Florence. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing woman; a blooming flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Floris is a variant of Florent. One French interpretation is “resembling a flower; one who is flourishing.” Floris is a form of Florence. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing woman; a blooming flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Floris is a variant of Flora. An origin associated with Flora is Latin. Floris is a variant of Florent. An origin associated with Florent is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Floris developed from Florentius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Floris 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
Floris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 691
- 22 boys · 669 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 397 as a first name in 2020; 492 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.
Floris’s family of names
Floris shares a linguistic root with Florence. Floris has a related form in Flora. Floris is a form of Florence.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Floris has relatives in 3 languages.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
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 Floris
- Floris IDutch noble (1025-1061)1020–1061
- Floris V of HollandCount of Holland from 1256 to 12961254–1296
- Floris IIICount of Holland from 1157 to 11901141–1190
- Floris IICount of Holland1091–1122
- Floris IVCount of Holland from 1222 to 12341210–1234
- Floris Adriaan van HallDutch politician (1791-1866)
- Floris van Dyckpainter from the Northern Netherlands (1575-1651)
- Floris De TierBelgian cyclistborn 1992
- Floris van SchootenDutch painter (1580-1656)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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