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 [ 2 syll. flo-ra, fl-ora ] The girl name Flora is pronounced FLAORah KEY. Flora's language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in English, German, Italian, and Russian. Derived from the word flos which is of the meaning 'flower, blossom'. An old form of the name is Flora (Latin). The Roman name was borne by the goddess of flowers and the season of spring in Roman mythology. The masculine form of Flora was the Roman family name Florus. The name was introduced into English from Scotland before the 18th century, but it was used mainly as a name for spaniels. The name was popularized in 18th century Scotland and other English speaking countries by the fame of Flora Macdonald (1722-1790), who was known for her daring rescue of Bonnie Prince Charlie following the latter's defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Her Gaelic name was Fionnghal, a form of Fionnghuala. Flora is the feminine form of the German Florus. The name Flora is widely used; it has 31 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of Flora include Flor (used in Spanish too), Flore (used in French too), Florene, Floressa, Flori, Floria, Floriana (used in Italian and German too), Florianne (used in French too), Florida, Florie, Florinda (used in Spanish too), Florine (used in French too), Florri, Flory, and Lora (used in Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Slavic too). Other English variants include the short form Flo, and the pet forms Florrie and Florry. Forms of the name used in foreign languages include the Italian and Spanish Fiora, the French Fleure, the Dutch Floor, the Spanish Flores, the Spanish Floridita, the Italian Florina, the Spanish Florita, the Rhaeto-Romanic Flurina, the Czech Kveta, the Czech Kvetka, the Russian Lorka, and the Albanian Vlora. The pet form Floretta (Italian) is another foreign variant. Flora is a rare baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1902, 0.209% of baby girls were named Flora. It was #100 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a steep decline in frequency since then, and is used only on a very light scale today. Out of all girl names in its family, Flora was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008. The name Flora has been primarily given to girls, although it has also been used as a boy name in the last century. In 1904, 34 times more girls than boys were given the name Flora. Baby names that sound like Flora include the English Flori, the English Florie, the English Florri, the English Florrie, the English Florry, the English Flory, the English Flower, the name Flair, the Dutch, English, and French Fleur, the French Fleure, the Dutch Floor, the English and Spanish Flor, the English and French Flore, and the English Floria. KEY: Pronunciation for Flora: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
