Flora (given name)

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Flora
Latin origin meaning flower, ultimately derived from the Latin word flos, which had the genitive florus. Flora was a fertility goddess of flowers and springtime in Ancient Rome . Feminine variants include Florrie or its Irish Gaelic name Fionnuala.^[1] Other feminine variants include the Sami Florá, the Portuguese and Spanish Flor and Florinda, the Spanish Florencia, and the Portuguese Florência, and the Welsh Fflur.^[2] Usage The name came into regular use by the 1700s [3] in countries across Europe and elsewhere. The name was among the one hundred most popular names for girls in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s and remained among the top one thousand names used for girls through 1972 and then declined. It has again risen in use in recent years and has been among the one thousand most used names for American girls since 2019.^[4] It is among the top 150 names for newborn girls in Canada, where it ranked 124th on the popularity chart in 2021, with 211 uses.^[5] It is also in regular use in the United Kingdom, France, and Hungary.^[6] Notable people Flora A. Brewster (1852-1919), American physician, surgeon Flora Bridges (1859–1912), American college professor Flora Brovina (born 1949), Kosovar poet and pediatrician Flora Carabella (1926–1999), Italian actress Flora Chan (born 1970), Hong Kong actress Flora Coquerel (born 1994), French model Flora D. Darpino (born 1961), American judge advocate general Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956), Australian writer Flora Frate (born 1983), Italian politician Flora Kaai Hayes (1893–1968), Hawaiian politician Flora Karimova (born 1941), Azerbaijani singer Flora Haines Loughead (1855–1943), American writer, farmer, miner Flora E. Lowry (1879–1933), American anthologist Flora MacDonald (1722–1790), Scottish Jacobite Flora MacDonald (1926–2015), Canadian politician Flora Mace (born 1949), American glass artist Flora Martínez (born 1977), Colombian actress Flora Martirosian (1957–2012), Armenian singer Flora Montgomery (born 1974), British actress Flora Murray (1869–1923), British doctor and suffragette Flora Nwapa (1931–1993), Nigerian author Flora Purim (born 1942), Brazilian singer Flora Redoumi (born 1976), Greek hurdler Flora Robson (1902–1984), British actress Flora Madeline Shaw (1864–1927), Canadian nurse and nursing teacher Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929), British writer Flora Stevenson (1839–1905), British educational reformer Flora E. Strout (1867-1962), American teacher, social reformer Flora Thompson (1876–1947), British writer Flora Tristan (1803–1844), French writer and feminist Flora Twort (1893–1985), British painter Fictional characters Flora, in the animated TV show Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors Flora , one of the three good fairies in the 1959 Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty Flora, in the TV series Thomas and Friends Flora, in the Italian television series Winx Club Flora, nickname for the character Nera Briscoletti in the video game Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride Flora Baumbach, in the novel The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Cure Flora, in the anime series Go! Princess PreCure Dr. Flora, an ant and the colony's doctor in the 1998 Disney/Pixar animated film A Bug's Life Flora Mejia, in the Netflix series Grand Army Flora Northrop, in the Main Street book series by Ann M. Martin Flora Poste, in the novel Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Flora Reinhold, in the video game series Professor Layton Flora the Frog, in the television series The Caribou Kitchen Notes ISBN 0-19-861060-2 . ^ Campbell, Mike. "The name Flora". Behind the Name. ISBN 978-0-7611-8016-6 . ^ "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. ^ "First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Flora". Behind the Name. See also Flora (surname) Flora (disambiguation) Flore (given name) Fleur (given name) Floortje Flower (name), a surname and given name Flowers (name), a surname Byzantine Empress whose name meant "flower" Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flora_(given_name)&oldid=1216903768" This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article: Flora (given name). Articles is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license; additional terms may apply.Privacy Policy