Flavian Forename

47,420th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 14,539 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Kenya

Flavian Forename Definition:

Latin Flavianus: for etymology see Flavia. There are six saints so named.

Flavian Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania
96%
 
5,4341:9,7141,280
Kenya-4,9131:9,4251,230
Romania
100%
1,2411:16,1581,224
Nigeria
87%
 
1,1241:157,9757,444
Saudi Arabia-4661:66,1217,124
Zimbabwe
97%
 
4041:38,1783,565
United States
67%
 
1711:2,120,09934,698
India
90%
 
1111:10,944,847319,101
Brazil
98%
 
851:2,520,42549,362
Canada-721:460,18612,513
Malaysia
82%
 
581:524,99922,622
Switzerland
100%
531:154,9724,028
Mexico
100%
481:2,586,34213,729
South Africa
83%
 
351:1,558,07650,706
Albania
100%
341:89,6056,483
Uganda
63%
 
221:1,861,67825,181
France
100%
221:3,021,37914,959
England
89%
 
191:2,926,47032,508
Guyana
100%
161:47,7044,533
Philippines
79%
 
131:8,154,575122,416
United Arab Emirates-121:595,99919,549
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
121:113,4527,514
Saint Lucia
82%
 
121:14,8181,739
Zambia-111:1,441,34517,789
Italy
100%
111:5,551,09924,143
Argentina
100%
101:4,277,32411,519
Cameroon
83%
 
91:2,401,16748,579
Colombia-91:5,308,77029,121
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Grenada
100%
71:15,4461,649
Ukraine
100%
61:7,583,31811,559
Peru
100%
61:5,298,57637,737
Papua New Guinea
50%
 
51:1,630,463100,826
Sweden
100%
41:2,464,47734,955
Greece
100%
41:2,733,63712,935
Germany
100%
41:24,169,46959,466
Australia-41:3,414,40625,298
Namibia-41:601,0457,837
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Chile
100%
31:5,869,06926,159
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Lebanon
100%
21:2,813,78613,895
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Belgium-21:5,745,02030,381
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Israel
67%
 
21:4,201,45930,777
Moldova
100%
21:1,780,5707,407
Venezuela-21:15,100,946147,145
Bulgaria
100%
21:3,495,19519,668
Austria
100%
11:8,514,20119,377
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Guatemala
100%
11:16,108,42913,998
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kosovo-11:1,861,44022,170
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505

The alternate forms: Flavián (8) are calculated separately.

Flavian (1,966) may also be a surname.

Flavian Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Latin Flavianus: for etymology see Flavia. There are six saints so named.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A male name derived from the Roman Flavius, from flavus, yellow. Flavius was one of the names of the Emperor Domitian (Juv. 4, 37), and of a schoolmaster at Rome mentioned in Horace— Qui macro pauper agello, Noluit in. Flavî ludum me mittere.

Sat. 1, 6, 72.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A Latin name, meaning: Yellow-haired.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Flavian Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Flavian Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flavian in the Russian language
Флавианflavian-

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