About the Fleur Surname

The spelling Fleur grew out of Lafleur, a French surname with a long paper trail. Its meaning, shared with Lafleur, is “The flower”.

Fleur and Lafleur

Before spelling was fixed, Lafleur was also written Fleur. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Lafleure.

How common is Fleur?

633 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Fleur name at birth. Births ran at 37 in 1891–1900 and 48 in 1991–2000. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Fleuri and Fleury.

Fleur coat of arms

Arms linked to Lafleur and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Fleur report, with a museum-style coat of arms.