Flor

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Flör in AR Argentina.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Flor is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name337K records spelled Flor20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Venezuela, United States, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Floer, Flöer, Floeer, Flör, Flór

• a separate given name17K records spelled Flor3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Peru, United Kingdom

  Also written Flór, Flôr

• French given name6.7K records spelled Flor8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Philippines

  Also written Flör, Flór, Flôr, Flòr, Fľöř

• Lao given name5.9K records spelled Flor53 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Floyd, Fon, Flo, Flory, Flori

• Indonesian given name3.9K records spelled Flor3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Peru, United States

  Also written Flör, Flôr

• Polish given name2.3K records spelled Flor5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, Peru

  Also written Flór, Florus, Flôr, Floruś

• Hungarian given name1.9K records spelled Flor4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Hungary, United States, Spain

  Also written Flór, Flôr, Flòr

62 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Flor is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately during the production of sherry.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, flower (structure in angiosperms)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Russian, 18 (31) août, 18 (31) décembre. Flore est son équivalent français. Fête : 26 octobre.

  as a name·Russian Names

• In German, weibl. Vom., verkürzte Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Portuguese, flower

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Flor Alpaertsb. 1876BEBelgian composer, conductor, pedagogue (1876–1954)
• Flor Van Reethb. 1884BEBelgian architect (1884–1975)
• Flor Peetersb. 1903BEFlemish organist, composer and music pedagogue (1903–1986)
• Flor O'Mahonyb. 1946IEIrish politician
• Flor Procunab. 1952MXMexican stage, television and film actress
• Flor Contemplacionb. 1953PHFilipina executed for murder (1953–1995)
• Flor Ferracob. 1980ARAustralian actress
• Florencia Bertottib. 1983ARnot in their usual nameArgentine actress
• Flor Decleirb. 1990BEBelgian actor
• Flor Ruizb. 1991COOlympic javelin thrower

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 838 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Flor?

We estimate roughly 65 thousand people bear Flor (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Flor have the most bearers?

Flor is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled flor.

Where is Flor most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Flor is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 423 people — even though Peru holds more of our records for it.

How common is Flor compared with other names?

In Peru, Flor is the 51st most common given name of 221,790 given names recorded there.

Is Flor a male or female name?

Flor is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Flor mean?

Recorded meaning: From Fr. Fleur; also linked to Goth.