Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Blooming flower; flourishing

Girl name variations

Florence
Flora
Floria
Florida
Florie
Floris
Florrie
Fleur
Flower
Florenz
Florentia
Flory
Floryn
Flossie
Flo

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Italian : Flower

Boy name variations

Floritzel

How Popular Is The Name Flor

Family name origins & meanings

  • Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan : from the female personal name Flor (from Latin Flos, Floris), or, more likely, a byname from flor ‘flower’ (from Latin flos, floris).
  • Czech : from a short form of the personal name Florián (see Florian).
  • German : variant of Flohr.

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