Flora
Flora is a girls' name of Latin origin meaning “flower; Roman goddess of spring.” It ranked #607 in the United States in 2025. Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, celebrated at the festival Floralia.
how do you pronounce Flora?
FLOR-ah
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what does Flora mean?
The name Flora means “flower; Roman goddess of spring.” It comes from the Latin language tradition.
Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, celebrated at the festival Floralia. The name was common in medieval Scotland and enjoys a strong revival as part of the botanical name trend.
where does the name Flora come from?
Wiktionary and Wikipedia agree Flora is of Latin origin meaning flower, from flos/floris (Wiktionary traces the root further back through Proto-Italic to a Proto-Indo-European word for bloom or flower). Wikipedia adds that Flora was a fertility goddess of flowers and springtime in Ancient Rome, and that the name is also a feminine form of Florus.
the history of Flora
Neither source retrieved addresses the Floralia festival, medieval Scottish use, or the modern botanical-name trend mentioned elsewhere, so nothing further can be confirmed about Flora's history here.
how popular is this name?
| Year | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2025 | #607 |
| 2024 | #645 |
| 2023 | #682 |
| 2022 | #726 |
| 2021 | #648 |
| 2020 | #925 |
Source: SSA National Baby Names Dataset
who are famous people named Flora?
- Flora MacDonald (Scottish heroine)
- Flora Robson (actress)
- Flora Purim (singer)
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Last reviewed April 30, 2026 · Curated by HushName editorial
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