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Flora

Say it FLOR-uh

Latin origin flower 2 syllables

Sister names Middle names Deal sisters

Where Flora is loved, common and rare

Common across Austria, Quebec, Slovenia and six more places. Rare in three German cities, Italy, British Columbia and nine more places.

1 in 389 girls born in Scotland in 2025

Every place

In 23 of the 40 official lists, among them Austria (32nd), Quebec (40th) and Slovenia (56th).

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PlaceRankGirlsShare
Hungary as Flóra15th 2025383rank only
Austria32nd 20252081 in 172
Quebec province40th 2025129about 1 in 202
Slovenia56th 202534about 1 in 194
Sweden74th 2025141about 1 in 285
Berlin city74th 202339about 1 in 372
Scotland94th 2025461 in 389
Munich city107th 202512about 1 in 349
Cologne city150th 20238about 1 in 768
Italy181st 20241261 in 1,422
British Columbia province203rd 202315about 1 in 797
Poland229th 2025271 in 4,437
England and Wales241st 20251931 in 1,312
France247th 20252251 in 1,275
Northern Ireland259th 202561 in 1,214
Ontario province306th 202441about 1 in 1,328
Switzerland309th 2025231 in 1,478
The Netherlands356th 202539about 1 in 1,564
Catalonia region377th 202581 in 2,409
Ireland544th 202561 in 3,521
Bonn city65th 20259about 1 in 335
Leipzig city66th 20258about 1 in 328
Rostock city166th 20251about 1 in 985

Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Spain and Israel.

Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).

Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.

Sources: Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock). How we count, and every source

About the name

Flora comes from Latin, where Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers. The name grows from the Latin word for 'flower', so its meaning is simply 'flower', one of the clearest of any classical name.

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FLOR-uh is two syllables with a soft, rounded sound. Flóra is the accented Hungarian form, and relatives include Flore, Fleur, Florina and Florie.

Flora is rising widely, in eighteen countries, and falling in just one. It is in the top fifteen in Hungary, well used in Austria and Slovenia, and in the top forty in Quebec, with a following in Scotland too. In France it peaked around 2006, but its broad rise elsewhere shows how much its appeal is growing again.

Meaning, origin, pronunciation

Pronounced
FLOR-uh, 2 syllables
Meaning
flower
Origin
Latin
Other spellings
  • Flore
  • Fleur
  • Florita
  • Florina
  • Floora
  • Flor
  • Floria
  • Florie
  • Bloom
  • Flòraidh

Counted together here: Flóra.

Etymology

From Latin Flora, Roman goddess of flowers; Latin Flora is from Proto-Italic *floza, from *flos "flower".

From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.

Over time

Over five years: rising in 18 of 23 regions, falling in 1.

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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.

Austria 168th 1996 to 32nd 2025
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Quebec 642nd 2001 to 40th 2025
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Slovenia 127th 2012 to 56th 2025
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Sweden 362nd 2004 to 74th 2025
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Berlin 154th 2012 to 74th 2023
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Scotland 281st 1996 to 94th 2025
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Ten years of ranks

Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.

Region2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
England and Wales291293323291316220267230256241
Scotland1421291201131098417910210294
Northern Ireland446328259
Ireland868734716464905495556544
Ontario658514602371568284343276306
British Columbia413518675458276234203
Quebec2622311881761004943404340
France237292275323257230240247217247
The Netherlands559613583481482469412272356
Austria77636560685358594732
Switzerland571407427413496350444480289309
Berlin1549512112198858074
Munich16016411385177968310184107
Cologne3162491577912177111150
Bonn662221341027841913913616865
Leipzig7714910011364201741124766
Rostock2831431341999019718768166
Sweden20516419116211912210410511274
Iceland181131
Catalonia471445541628468377
Italy244222237235195193177171181
Poland426238270266267207281228227229
Hungary28222524262120181415
Slovenia13714910314181928656

England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

YearRankGirlsper 100,000 girls
202524119376.2
202425619073.6
202323020178.3
202226717164.9
202122022782.8
202031614453.6
201929116860.0
201832314751.0
201729316856.2
201629117155.7
201530515851.3
201443210132.9
201342610032.4
201240411636.0
201141210833.6
201040910733.3
200940710433.2
20084858125.7
20074479129.7
20064907826.1
20054328629.8
20044398128.3
20034417828.0
20024098029.9
20013997929.5
20004117728.2
19993748630.5
19983808529.4
199731111539.2
199634210134.1

Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.

France since 1925

Half of the babies named Flora in France since 1925 were born in or after 1998. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2006, at 158.5 per 100,000 girls.

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Babies named Flora per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2006 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.

Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Sister names for Flora

  1. 1 in 1,408 in Ireland

  2. 1 in 754 in Ireland

  3. 1 in 1,278 in Scotland

  4. 1 in 898 in England and Wales

  5. 1 in 3,578 in Scotland

  6. 1 in 1,266 in England and Wales

  7. 1 in 2,347 in Ireland

  8. 1 in 228 in Northern Ireland

  9. 1 in 95 in Northern Ireland

  10. 1 in 1,278 in Scotland

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Middle names for Flora

  1. 1 in 57 in Northern Ireland

  2. 1 in 71 in Scotland

  3. 1 in 99 in Scotland

  4. 1 in 311 in Ireland

  5. 1 in 214 in Northern Ireland

  6. 1 in 78 in Northern Ireland

  7. 1 in 491 in Ireland

  8. 1 in 1,286 in England and Wales

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Same style as Flora

Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.

  1. 1 in 1,193 in Scotland

  2. 1 in 852 in Scotland

  3. 1 in 898 in England and Wales

  4. 1 in 754 in Ireland

  5. 1 in 1,278 in Scotland

  6. 1 in 334 in England and Wales

  7. 1 in 1,988 in Scotland

  8. 1 in 260 in Northern Ireland

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Famous people named Flora

Flora Tristan, Flora Brovina, Flora Robson, Flora Nwapa, Flora Duffy, Flóra Kádár, Flora Purim and Flora MacDonald.

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People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.

Questions about Flora

5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.

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How popular is Flora?

Her best rank is No. 15 in Hungary in 2025. She is in the published lists of 23 of our 40 regions.

What does Flora mean?

Wiktionary glosses Flora as "flower".

How do you pronounce Flora?

FLOR-uh, with 2 syllables.

Is Flora getting more popular?

Over five years: rising in 18 of 23 regions, falling in 1.

Which sister names go with Flora?

The deck's top five sisters for Flora: Juliette, Helena, Rosalie, Cecilia and Marina. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.

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