Date
Gender Feminine
Usage English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, French, Greek, Albanian, Roman Mythology
Scripts Φλώρα(Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈflɔɹ.ə/(English) /ˈflɔ.ra/(Italian) /ˈflo.ɾa/(Spanish) /ˈflɔ.ɾɐ/(Portuguese) /ˈfloː.ʁa/(German) /ˈfloː.raː/(Dutch) /flɔ.ʁa/(French) /ˈfloː.ra/(Latin)
Meaning & History
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.