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What does Flora mean?
Flora ▼ as a girls' name is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Flora is "flower". From the old Roman family name Florus, derived from "flos". In mythology, the name of the Roman goddess of spring. Also the name of a ninth century Spanish martyr-saint. In 1746 Scottish heroine Flora Macdonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape the English. Flora was an Anglicized form of her Gaelic name, Fionnaghal, a variant of Fionnghuala (see Fenella). Florian is the patron saint of firefighters. Florrie (Gaelic Fl�raidh) is the Scottish pet form. Also form of Florence.
ASSOCIATED WITH flower, old, roman, mythology, goddess, spring, scottish, heroine, prince, gaelic
Variations
VARIANTS Fiora, Fiordenni, Fiore, Fiorella, Fiori, Fleur, Flo, Flor▼, Floralia, Flore, Florella, Florelle, Florentia, Florentina, Florenza, Florenzia, Floressa, Floretta, Flori, Floria, Floriana, Florida▼, Florie, Florinda, Florine▼, Floris, Florise, Florita, Florrie, Florry, Flory
SEE ALSO Chloris
MASCULINE FORM Florian
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Flofra, ..
(male) Flode, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Flora Lauryn (F.L.), ..
How popular is Flora?
Flora is a very prominent first name for females (#353 out of 4276, Top 8%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#4359 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Flora reached its top position of #75 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is currently at #1052. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Florence (#971 IN 2018), Flo, Flor, Floretta, Floria, Florida, Florie, Florinda, Florine, Floris and Florrie are the popular variation forms of Flora (#1052) appearing in the Top 2000. These relations of Flora were at the apex of their popularity in the 1890s (AVERAGE #1139) and are now significantly less conventional (#1835, ▼98.3%), with forms such as Flor becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Adora, Aldora, Alura, Amora▲, Anora, Azora, Bora, Clara▼, Clora, Cora▼, Delora, Deora, Dora▼, Drora, Eldora▼, Eleora, Eliora, Elnora▼, Elora▲, Enora, Fabra (see Fabia), Fadora, Fara, Farra, Fedora, Fedra, Fiona▲, Flana, Florina, Floss, Fyona, Glora, Glorra, Klara, Kora▲, Leora▼, Liora, Lora▼, Mora, Noora, Nora▲, Onora, Rora, Talora, Thora, Tora, Valora, Velora and Zora. These names tend to be less frequently used than Flora.
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