Flora name - Meaning of Flora
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 7
- Usage
- English, German, Italian, Roman Mythology, Latin
- Pronounced
- FLAWR-ə (English) , FLO-rah (German)
- Flora Meaning
- Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower". Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala. Flora originates in Latin language and means "like a flower". It is taken from the word for native plant life. In Roman mythology, Flora was the goddess of fertility, flowers and spring. Flora functions as a surname as well and it is also the name of several places in the United States. As a feminine given name its usage has been declining.
Flora Related Names
Variant:, Fleur, Flo, Floressa, Florrie, Florelle, Floretta, Flori, Floria, Florianna, Florinda, Florita
Diminutives: Flo, Floretta, Florrie, Floella (English), Floretta (German)
Other Languages: Floor, Floortje (Dutch), Flore, Florette (French), Flóra (Hungarian), Fflur (Welsh)
Flora Celebrities
Flora Brovina - writer, Flora Groult - writer, Flora Klickmann - writer, Flora Larsson - writer, Flora Macloughlin - model, Flora Mayor - published author, Flora Purim - jazz artist, Flora Robson - actress, Flora Scott - jazz artist, Flora Shaw - published author, Flora Steel - published author, Flora Thompson - writer,
