Flour

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Flore in FR France, CM Cameroon, BE Belgium and 10 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language 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◐

Flour is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name181 records spelled Flour28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Brazil, Peru, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian

  Also written Floro, Флоро, Florus, Flóro, Flóró

• a separate name10 records spelled Flour2 spellings in the group

  Also written Flõur

27 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●

Flour is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Occitan, alternative spelling of flor (“flower”)

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

• In Romansh, alternative form of flur (“flower”)

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

• In English, Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.

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

• In enm, A flower (often representing impermanence or beauty)

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

• In kw, flower, choice (best of a collective)

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

• In sco, a flower

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

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●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jules Flourb. 1864FRFrench painter from Avignon (1864-1921)
• Mireille Flourb. 1906FRFrench classical harpist, naturalised Belgian
• Yvonne Flourb. 1948FRjurist, university teacher (1948-)
• Jean Flourb. 1951FRFrench politician
• Denis Flourb. 1959FRFrench politician
• Ramona Flourb. 1991American pornographic model

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 · 13 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Flour?

We estimate roughly 14 thousand people bear Flour (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Flour have the most bearers?

We estimate about 12 thousand people bear Flour in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled flore.

How common is Flour compared with other names?

In France, Flour is the 756th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.