Flo

Where Flo comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Flo.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Flo through the years
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #679 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #524
    24 babies named Flo, its best rank.
  3. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #901.
  4. 1954
    Flo Hyman born
    American volleyball player
  5. 1983
    Flo Ankah born
    French Voice Chanteuse/Actress Floanne in NYC
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Florence and Flora.
Namesakes
  • Flo Hyman · American volleyball player, 1954–1986
  • Flo Ankah · French Voice Chanteuse/Actress Floanne in NYC, born 1983
  • Flo Steinberg · publisher, 1939–2017
  • Flo Gennaro · fashion model, born 1991
  • Flo Allen · English footballer, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.