Florida

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Флорида in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 2 more, Флоріда in UA Ukraine and Ფლორიდა in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Florida is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish name40K records spelled Florida11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Flórida, Flôrîdâ, Florìda, Floridà, Florídá

• French given name3.0K records spelled Florida3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Congo - Kinshasa, Belgium

  Also written Floride, Floridà

• a separate name783 records spelled Florida2 spellings in the group

  Also written Flórida

• Thai given name286 records spelled Florida9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand

  Also written ฟลอริดา, ฟลอริด้า, Flolida, ฟลอรีดา, ฟลอรีด้า

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Florida is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, pi. name, S America; mtns., NM

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, state, US

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, weibl. Vom. lateinischen Ursprungs (lat.flöridus, -a, -um »blühend, blumenreich«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Spanish, Feminine of Lat. floridus 'flowered, flourishing'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Catalan, Florida (a state of the United States)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 102 years between 1880–1994. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Florida Cevolib. 1685IT18th-century Italian Catholic abbess
• Florida Ruffin Ridleyb. 1861USAmerican civil rights activist, teacher, editor and writer
• Florida Scott-Maxwellb. 1883USAmerican writer (1883-1979)
• Florida M. Bautistab. 1901PHFilipino film director
• Florida Friebusb. 1909USactress, screenwriter (1909-1988)
• Richard Floridab. 1957USAmerican urban studies theorist
• Florida Chanturiyab. 1990RURussian singer
• Rana FloridaUSbusinesswoman
• Florida CiutăRORomanian canoeist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 386 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Florida?

We estimate roughly 3.4 thousand people bear Florida (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Florida have the most bearers?

Florida is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled флорида.

Where is Florida most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Florida is densest in Albania — about 1 in 3.5 thousand people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

What does the name Florida mean?

Recorded meaning: From the name of the U.S.