# Firmin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/firmin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “firm” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 97 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 97 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Firminus, name of early Christian saints, derivative of firmus (“firm”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 7 | 2,350 |
| 1915 | 5 | 4,027 |
| 1918 | 9 | 2,958 |
| 1919 | 6 | 3,883 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,455 |
| 1924 | 8 | 3,341 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,449 |
| 1926 | 7 | 3,509 |
| 1927 | 11 | 2,587 |
| 1928 | 13 | 2,310 |
| 1932 | 5 | 3,957 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,421 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,705 |
| 1942 | 5 | 3,751 |

## People named Firmin

- Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (1886–1964)
- Firmin Abauzit, French, and then Genevan, physician, theologian and philosopher (1679–1767)
- Ndombe Mubele Firmin, Congolese footballer
- Firmin Ngrébada, Central African Republic politician
- Firmin Flamand, Belgian archer
- Firmin Didot, French printer, engraver, and type founder (1764-1836)
- Pascal-Firmin Ndimira, Burundian politician
- Marie Firmin Bocourt, French zoologist (1819–1904)
- Firmin Gémier, French actor and theatre director (1869–1933)
- Firminus of Uzès, Bishop of Uzès
- Firmin Sanou, Burkinabe footballer
- Raoul Coutard, French cinematographer (1924-2016)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.