Florian

Nice German name for young boys.

Okay, I think this is some random person from Florida.

Florian is such a handsome, beautiful, and masculine name. I love how it means flower, and the fact it has some elegance to it. Soft yet strong, noble, and respectable. I like it. Wouldn't be surprised if it caught on in the US.

I think it’s very handsome and unique for a boy. Sounds kinda rich too.

His folks have money...

Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong is a British Singer/Songwriter, and she is a Woman.
She's known as "Dido"
Her music is very nostalgic to me.

Would make a great name for a Florida man.

Effeminate with an equally effeminate nickname of Flo. Pretentious, bougie. Just no.

My son's name is Florian and his nickname is Rian. I think Florian is a valiant and refined name for a boy. When I was considering this name someone told me that "it's too feminine", but what's wrong with femininity? I just think it's kind of a pretty-boy name and so far he's never received anything but compliments for it.

Personally, I named my son Florian since it's unique and also one of the few names that sounds the same in the various languages of our family. With very common names ourselves, we also wanted to avoid our son running into the situation of having the same name as multiple classmates or coworkers and also not too strange or unpronounceable.

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Interestingly, "Florian" still carries a lot of different stigmas - but not the same ones as for English speakers (floral, feminine, girly?). For example, for my Czech family, it's a common family (last) name and sounds odd to them as a first name. The Belgian part of the family likes "Florian" but finds it outdated... wasn't it popular in 1920's-40's :) they say? Then the French Canadian branch ironically find the name a bit too snobby and European sounding.

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Apparently the name "Florian" will always have a hard time.
Mind you it's overly popular in Austria, Poland, perhaps Denmark and elsewhere etc!

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Anyway, I like it, plus it has the great nickname of "Flo".

Florian is the Prince in Snow White's story.

I would use the nickname Ian for this. It's a good name to same extent. I can't see myself using it on a child... it's one of those names that are nice, but somewhat unusable in the real world.

Florian is such a beautiful, handsome, lovely name for a guy. I really love this name. It's so sweet. ^w^

This is my name. I like it - I like the floral meaning and the sound of it. It's pretty common where I live, but that doesn't bother me. I'm glad to have this name.

I think it's a sweet name for a boy. It reminds me of art when I hear it.

A handsome name but it is a bit foppish and dated. I think it might come off as pretentious but it does sound nice.

I have always liked Florian to an extent. It is also popular in my home country; on and off. I also like Frederick.

A macho floral boys' name! Glee!

Masculine and beautiful at once. I like that there is a floral name for a male.

An unusually pretty name for a boy. I like that. :]

I love this name. I met someone from France with this name. This name always reminds me of him. It also sounds nice and sophisticated.

Yeah, this name is kinda cool. I like it.

A very lovely name. It expresses intelligence. Its short form in Germany is "Flo", which sounds like a cheedy boy - I like that.

Or "Flori", which I don't like at all.
Florian is my stepfather's name, but luckily he goes by Flo (only Flori sometimes).