Flora
Flora is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Flower; goddess of spring.
What Flora means
Flower; goddess of spring.
Flora sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Flora comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Flora is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Flora?
Flora sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Flora
Flora spans flowers and growing things and the natural world, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Flora
These share Flora's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Camellia — The camellia flower.
- Rosemary — Dew of the sea; the herb of remembrance.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Ffion — Foxglove flower.
- Fiorella — Little flower.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
More Latin names
- Flavia — Golden; fair-haired.
- Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
- Fidelis — Faithful.
- Frances — Free one; from France.
- Felix — Happy, fortunate, lucky.
- Francis — Free one; Frenchman.
- Felicity — Intense happiness; good fortune.
- Gaius — To rejoice.
- Fausto — Fortunate; lucky.
- Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.