Flore Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

The name Flore is closely linked to Flowers. Its meaning, shared with Flowers, is “Arrow maker, or a flower”.

A variant of Flowers

Before spelling was fixed, Flowers was also written Flore. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Flower.

Surname statistics

The 2010 census count for Flore in the United States was 415, good for rank 50,362. Of these, 32% identified as Hispanic or Latino. French birth records list 690 children named Flore between 1891 and 2000. The name became more frequent over the century.

Flore coat of arms

There is no single Flore family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

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