Flora

Flora: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “flower”
Origin: Latin
Say it: FLOR-uh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

From Latin Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, and from flos 'flower'. Used across several European languages.

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How popular is Flora?

2024136 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Flora in 2024452

2024 rank#647 girls

Peak year1885

Total US babies since 188070,655

Flora is rising: use over the last five years is 3.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Flora

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Flora questions

What does the name Flora mean?

Flora means "flower". It comes from Latin. From Latin Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, and from flos 'flower'. Used across several European languages.

Is Flora a boy or girl name?

Flora is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Flora?

452 US babies were named Flora in 2024. Its peak year was 1885.

How do you pronounce Flora?

Flora is usually pronounced FLOR-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.