Florin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Флорин in FI Finland, RU Russia and Флорін in UA Ukraine.

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 8 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◐

Florin is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Romanian given name143K records spelled Florin15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Spain, United States, Italy

  Languages: Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Florín, Flórin, Flörin, Florìn, Floriñ

• Catalan given name4.2K records spelled Florin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Florín

• a separate given name1.3K records spelled Florin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, United States, India, Canada

  Also written Florín

50 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●

Florin 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 Romanian, FLORÍN, florini, s. m. 1. Denumire a unor monede de aur și de argint care au circulat și în țările românești până în sec. XIX; fiorin. 2. Unitate bănească în Olanda; gulden. ¶ FIORÍNT s. m. v. fiorin. ¶ FIORÍN, fiorini, s. m. Nume dat mai multor monede de aur și de argint, bătute în diverse țări, care au circulat și la noi până în secolul trecut; florin. [Pr.: fi-o-. - Var.: (înv.) fiorínt s. m.].

  as a word·DEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

• In French, Le nom de cette monnaie vient, lui aussi, de Florence, ville des fleurs (de lys). Le mot se disait fiorino en italien puisque dérivé de fiore (fleur). On sait qu’il s’agit de l’unité monétaire des Pays-Bas.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

• In German, from a coin name meaning 'florin'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In German, ) Florin: männl. Vom. lateini­ schen Ursprungs, der auf den römischen

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, florin (Florentine gold currency)

  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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Florin Piersicb. 1936RORomanian actor
• Florin Zamfirescub. 1949RORomanian actor
• Florin Răducioiub. 1970RORomanian footballer
• Florin Cîțub. 1972RO69th Prime Minister of Romania (2020-2021)
• Florin Șerbanb. 1975RORomanian film director (born 1975)
• Cezar Florin Ouatub. 1980RORomanian opera countertenor, singer and pianist
• Florin Mergeab. 1985RORomanian tennis player
• Florin Nițăb. 1987RORomanian association football player
• Florin Andoneb. 1993RORomanian footballer
• Andrei Rațiub. 1998ROnot in their usual nameRomanian association football player

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 · 321 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Florin?

We estimate roughly 6.9 thousand people bear Florin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Florin have the most bearers?

Florin is most frequently recorded in Romania, where it is most often spelled florin.

How common is Florin compared with other names?

In Romania, Florin is the 9th most common given name of 29,954 given names recorded there.

Is Florin a male or female name?

Florin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Florin mean?

Recorded meaning: Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.