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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Flora f. Latin Flora, the name of the goddess of flowers, derived from Latin flos 'flower'.

England
Early Modern English
● 1590 Flower DEmar-vol2 p. 22
France
Latin
● 1274 Flors (abl) RegToul-13thC p. 60; 1301 Flourie (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 257
◑ 1164 Florieta (nom) clairvaux-12thc 124
Old French
● 1313 Fleurie Paris1313 p. 81
Middle French
● 1564 Fleurye RegPCC-1 p. 105; 1566 Fleurye ibid. p. 214
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Flora (nom) BBC-Berg 44; 1522x1532 Fiora (nom) DSF p. 56, 13, Fiore (nom) ibid. p. 54, 60, Flora (nom) ibid. p. 56, 3
◑ 1265x1339 Flurina (nom) BBC-Berg 207; 1522x1532 Florita (nom) DSF p. 58, 38
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Flora". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Flora.