Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. FLUUR(French, Dutch) FLUR(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "flower" in French. Saint Fleur of Issendolus (Flor in Gascon) was a 14th-century nun from Maurs, France. This was also the name of a character in John Galsworthy's novels The Forsyte Saga (1922).

Related Names

VariantsFlora, Flore(French) Flower(English)
DiminutivesFleurette(French) Fleurette(Dutch) Fleurette(English)
Other Languages & CulturesFlora(Albanian) Flora(German) Flora(Greek) Flóra(Hungarian) Fiore, Flora, Fiorella(Italian) Flor, Flora, Florinda(Portuguese) Flora(Roman Mythology) Flor, Flora, Florinda(Spanish) Fflur(Welsh)

Popularity

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Name Days

France: October 5

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Entry updated June 9, 2023