Flawian
Just 8 Polish men carry Flawian today, so most people here have never met one. It goes back to the Roman name Flavius and the Latin flavus, "golden" or fair-haired, the colour of ripe wheat.
Flawian Pronunciation
Flawian is pronounced FLAHV-yahn (/ˈflavjan/).
What Flawian means
Where Flawian comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Flawian comes from Latin. It descends from the Roman family name Flavius, the line of the emperors Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. Behind that surname sits the adjective flavus, meaning yellow-haired or golden. In Latin the word described fair hair, the colour of ripe wheat.
The name outlived the empire because the Church carried it. Saint Flavian of Constantinople, a patriarch who died in 449, holds a place in the calendar of saints. Poland fixed several dates for it. The most common Flawian name-day falls on 18 February.
Flawian stays rare in Poland. A boy with it is usually the only one on his class register. English keeps the same root in flavescent, a word for turning yellow. The meaning has not drifted. It still reads golden, the plain sense of flavus.
When Flawian celebrates name day
Flawian appears 9 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 28 January.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
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in 140 days28 JanuaryThursday in 2027
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in 157 days14 FebruarySunday in 2027
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in 159 days16 FebruaryTuesday in 2027
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in 160 days17 FebruaryWednesday in 2027
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in 161 days18 FebruaryThursday in 2027
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in 167 days24 FebruaryWednesday in 2027
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in 313 days20 JulyTuesday in 2027
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in 347 days23 AugustMonday in 2027
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in 103 days22 DecemberTuesday in 2026
How many people are named Flawian
1 in 2668274 men in Poland is named Flawian. 8 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #18637 among male names.
Flawian as a middle name
Flawian is a first name for 8 men in Poland and a middle name for another 20, a 29/71 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1984th, between Ellis (20) and Giovanny (20).
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#1982 Edgard20
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#1983 Ellis20
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#1984 Flawian20
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#1985 Giovanny20
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#1986 Gopal20