Flora

I just came to add one more thing; I love how Flora isn’t tied to a particular flower. Now, I love floral-names, and their ties to certain flowers; however, there’s no pressure (for the bearer) to “like the flower”. With Flora meaning flower, it could be honoring any kind of flower, or just flowers in general. I hope this wasn’t too hard to understand, and that I wasn’t out of line when saying this. Flora is a truly amazing name, and I genuinely don’t get why it isn’t very popular.

Imagine twins/sisters Flora & Faye, ethereal flower fairy children.

Flora needs more recognition!

Flowery and feminine but unfortunately for Brits this is also the name of a top margarine brand.

Flora, soft delicate and flawless. Also not super common!

I really like the name Flora! It's charming, soft, and feminine, but it doesn't sound childish like many flower-inspired names, like Lily, Ivy, Daisy, etc... Flora has charm, ages well, and isn't a very common name. A great choice!

What an amazing name, who doesn’t love Flora?

Beautiful name!

I really want to name my son this, but this is a girl's name. And this is my favorite name!

I just love this, it sounds sweet and pleasant.

Love it so much! Gorgeous, short, sweet, and simple! Absolutely wonderful name ♡.

Super pretty!

Reminds me of mops.

I love Flora! I'm using it for a story. I actually prefer the French Florie, but Flora is great, too.

So elegant sounding! I don't think it sounds old-fashioned.

It’s nice but very old fashioned.

My name's Flora and I love it so much, it perfectly captures my love for nature and it’s unique.

Flora is getting very popular among celebrities. Amy Smart chose this name for her daughter and recently Ryan Seacrest’s niece named was Flora! Flora is very beautiful and reminds me of blossom, flowers and floral.

Classic, basic, and straight-to-the-point, yet elegant, marvelous, and beautiful. A definite must-have in my name list.

I'm not a fan of this very old-ladyish name.

This name is gorgeous, great as a short form of Florence, or (less pretty in my opinion) as a long form of Floss, Flossie, Flo etc. I love that it means flower, as though a bearer of the name will be as pretty and delicate and sweet as a flower.

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Some pretty combinations are:
· Flora Charlotte
· Elizabeth Flora
· Flora Emily
· Emily Flora
· Flora Autumn
· Isabelle Flora
· Flora Isabelle/a
· Flora Maisie
· Elanor Flora
· Flora Ellen.

Not a fan of Flora, Flossy, Florence...

I'm not a fan of this name. It reminds me of gut Flora.

I like this name, a little plain but it's still good.

I would definitely have used this name as it's a family name but then the man who invented Flora margarine named it after his wife's middle name, and ruined it for the rest of the UK, because let's face it, no girl or woman wants to be associated with the word 'spread'. It is such a shame, as I love the meaning, the goddess connection and it's short, flows well and is feminine. I disagree with people disliking it because of Flo, it's like people shortening Laura to Low. I mean come on, it's only 2 syllables!

@queen_vic 1/20/2015 I agree, I'm from the UK and the Flora margarine assoociation is quite a damn shame for people over here who really adore this name. I would love to use this name. I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to use it though.

Flora is a lovely, pretty name. (:

I love this name. It's not very common, but simple and beautiful. I also think it would age gracefully.

We're seriously considering this name for a daughter. It's very uncommon here in the US, but that's what I like. It's old fashioned and sweet, and suitable for all ages. Although, my name is Lily, so that might be a little too 'flower-y'.

This beautiful name was given to 124 baby girls born in the US in 2012.

A lot of people might think this is old-fashioned, but I think it's really pretty. Not my absolute favorite, but it's really nice.

So many literary tie-ins! Definitely a name with strong and darling roots.

My daughter's name is Flora. I think it's a beautiful name, and my daughter is born in the spring so it fits her perfect.
It's not very common here which I also think is a good thing =)

As long as you don't have another daughter named Fauna, and as long as you don't call the girl Flo, this name is alright. It rhymes with the very common Laura and Norah, and it also rhymes with the beautiful names Cora and Dora, and it has a soft, pleasant sound to it. It's quite old-fashioned and a bit too flower-y in a very literal way, but it's not bad.

I love this name, I just wish there wasn't a butter called Flora because that will be the first association for a lot of people.

Only this name sounds like that butter.

I really like this name, elegant, simple, and lush. It can be used as a nickname for Florence as well.

I don't know why, but I don't like this name. Which is weird, considering I love Moira, Laura, Zora, Nora and my eldest daughter's name, Leonora.

Though it has terrible connotations.
Aunt Flo.
Enough said.

Beautiful name. Reminds me of the darling daughter in Moll Flanders. A great, fairyish name.

Flora would be a great name for a cat.

I love this name so much because it means flower and makes me think of spring. Very pretty sounding as well.