Flora (first name)
Flora is a female given name taken from Latin (Latin flos = "flower", "blossom"). It is originally the name of the ancient Roman goddess of spring Flora .
The name day is July 29 and November 24, respectively.
variants
Fleur , Flo , Florence , Florentina , Florentine , Floretta, Floria, Floriane , Florica, Florinda , Florine
Well-known namesake
- Flora Borsi (* 1993), Hungarian photo artist
- Flora Carabella (1926–1999), Italian actress
- Flora of Córdoba († 851), Christian martyr
- Flora Duffy (* 1987), triathlete from Bermuda
- Flora Fraser, 21. Lady Saltoun (* 1930), Lady Saltoun and member of the British House of Lords .
- Flora Groult (1924–2001), French journalist and author
- Flora Hastings (1806–1839), British noblewoman and lady-in-waiting to Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- Flora Hyman (1954–1986), American volleyball player
- Flora Kerimova (* 1941), Azerbaijani singer and folk artist
- Flora Klee-Palyi (1893–1961), German-Hungarian woodcutter, illustrator, translator and editor of French poetry
- Flora MacDonald (1722–1790), Scottish Jacobite
- Flora Isabel MacDonald (1926–2015), Canadian politician
- Flora Montgomery (* 1974), British film and stage actress
- Flora Nwapa (1931–1993), Nigerian writer
- Flora Petrik (* 1994), Austrian politician
- Flora “Alejandra” Pizarnik (1936–1972), Argentine poet
- Flora Purim (* 1942), Brazilian jazz singer
- Flora Robson (1902–1984), British actress
- Flora Rheta Schreiber (1918–1988), American journalist
- Flora Ruchat-Roncati (1937–2012), Swiss architect
- Flora Steiger-Crawford (1899–1991), Swiss architect, furniture designer and sculptor
- Flora Süssekind (* 1955), Brazilian literary scholar
- Flora Thompson (1876–1947), English poet
- Flora Tristan (1803–1844), French writer, socialist and women's rights activist
- Flora Veit-Wild (* 1947), Professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Department of Asian and African Studies
- Flora Vezzani (1903–1985), Italian writer with the pseudonym Orsola Nemi
Intermediate name
- Anna Flora Barbara Croissant-Rust (1860–1943), German writer
- Henriëtte Adriana Ludovica Flora Countess d'Oultremont de Wégimont (1792–1864), second wife of the first Dutch king Wilhelm I
- Jennifer Jones , actually Phyllis Flora Isley (1919–2009), American actress
- Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga of Saxony (1724–1760), royal princess of Poland and electoral princess of Saxony, and through marriage first Queen of Naples and Sicily, then Queen of Spain
- Annemarie Flora Clementine Spitzner (1899–1934), German welfare worker and special needs teacher
Modifications
- Floria Sigismondi (* 1965), Italian photographer and director
- Florica Lavric (1962-2014), Romanian rower
- Florica Leonida (* 1987), Romanian gymnast
- Florica Musicescu (1887–1969), Romanian pianist and music teacher
- Florina Ioana Cîrstea (* 1992), Romanian biathlete
- Florina Gillnik (* 1958), German guard dancer
- Florina Pană (* 1973), Romanian long-distance runner
- Florina Pascalau (* 1982), Romanian basketball player
- Florine of Burgundy (around 1081–1097), French nobleman and crusader
- Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944), American painter, designer, poet and salonnière
- Florine de Leymarie (* 1981), French ski racer