# Floris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/floris/  
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 | Dutch |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 691 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22 / 669 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 9 | 2,944 |
| 1937 | 8 | 3,252 |
| 1938 | 12 | 2,482 |
| 1939 | 13 | 2,335 |
| 1940 | 15 | 2,137 |
| 1944 | 10 | 3,005 |
| 1945 | 5 | 4,773 |
| 1946 | 8 | 3,773 |
| 1947 | 5 | 5,576 |
| 1949 | 7 | 4,376 |
| 1951 | 8 | 4,151 |
| 1952 | 10 | 3,631 |
| 1954 | 8 | 4,395 |
| 1955 | 6 | 5,408 |
| 1957 | 5 | 6,378 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 7 | 3,349 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,456 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,439 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,187 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |

## People named Floris

- Floris V, Count of Holland, Count of Holland from 1256 to 1296
- Floris I, Count of Holland, Dutch noble (1025-1061)
- Floris II, Count of Holland, Count of Holland
- Floris III, Count of Holland from 1157 to 1190
- Floris IV, Count of Holland, Count of Holland from 1222 to 1234
- Floris Adriaan van Hall, Dutch politician (1791-1866)
- Floris De Tier, Belgian cyclist
- Floris van Schooten, Dutch painter (1580-1656)
- Floris Evers, field hockey player
- Floris the Black, 1115 - 26 Oct 1132
- Floris Gerts, Dutch cyclist
- Floris Jan Bovelander, field hockey player

## 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.