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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

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; 1366 Fiorem (acc) Livi 63; 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 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Flora.