Flora derived from Latin flos meaning "flower". 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.
Saintly namesake: Flora of Beaulieu was a 14th-century French nun known for her devotion and holiness. She is one of two saints named Flora. (October 5 · 14th century)
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