Male name
When is Floros’ name day?
Φλώρος · Floros
Main name day
Saints Florus and Laurus
The Greek name Φλώρος (Floros) is celebrated on 18 August.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saints Florus and Laurus2nd centuryTwin brothers and stonemasons from Byzantium who were martyred at Ulpiana in Illyricum in the 2nd century.Florus and Laurus were twin brothers from Byzantium, trained as stonemasons, who were taught Christianity by Saints Proclus and Maximus. After their teachers' death they settled at Ulpiana in Illyricum.Read more
- Saint Florus, Bishop of Amisus6th centuryA 6th-century official of the Byzantine court who, after the death of his wife and child, became a monk and later Bishop of Amisus, and died peacefully in old age.Florus lived in the 6th century, under the emperors Justin II, Tiberius and Maurice. Educated and versed in Scripture, he served as a secretary at the palace in Constantinople and rose to the rank of patrician; he married and had a child, but lost them both.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Φλώρης
- In Latin letters
- Floros
- English equivalents
- Florus
- In Greek
- Φλώρος