Fleur

Gender Feminine
Usage French, Dutch, English (British)
Pronounced Pron. /flœʁ/(French) /ˈfløːr/(Dutch) /ˈflɜː/(British English) /ˈflɜɹ/(American English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "flower" in French. Saint Fleur of Issendolus (Flor in Gascon) was a 14th-century nun from Maurs, France. This was also the name of a character in John Galsworthy's novels The Forsyte Saga (1922).

Related Names

Rootflos
VariantsFlora, Flore(French) Flower(English)
DiminutivesFleurette(French) Fleurette(Dutch) Fleurette(English)
Other Languages & CulturesFlora(Albanian) Flora(German) Flora(Greek) Flóra(Hungarian) Fiore, Flora, Fiorella(Italian) Flor, Flora, Florinda(Portuguese) Flora(Roman Mythology) Flor, Flora, Florinda(Spanish) Fflur(Welsh)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   youthful   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   delicate   refined   strange   simple   serious  

Name Days

France: October 5

Categories

Dragalia Lost characters, Eureka Seven characters, fictional characters, flora, flowers, French words, Harry Potter characters, isograms, literature, nature, Our Flag Means Death characters, plants, rappers, rare English, Spice and Wolf characters, word names
Entry updated April 23, 2024