Flora

Meaning

Flora comes from the Roman goddess of flowers and gardens, and the name is commonly understood through that association. In Latin, it is connected with flowers and bloom; some 19th-century name books also note that Flora was later used as the feminine form of Florus. It has long carried a fresh, springlike sense rather than a literal occupational or saintly meaning.

Origin

Fun fact

One 19th-century source notes that a Spanish diminutive form, Florinda, became so disliked in parts of Spain that the Christian name was even avoided for a time.