Flor

Where Flor comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Flor.

Flor through the years
  1. 1903
    Flor Peeters born
    Flemish organist, composer and music pedagogue
  2. 1926
    First appearance
    #3,873 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1991
    Flor Ruiz born
    Olympic javelin thrower
  4. 2005
    Peak, #907
    276 babies named Flor, its best rank.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,722.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Flor Ruiz · Olympic javelin thrower, born 1991
  • Flor Peeters · Flemish organist, composer and music pedagogue, 1903–1986
  • Flor Alpaerts · Belgian composer, conductor, pedagogue, 1876–1954
  • Flor Marina Delgadillo · Colombian bicycle racer, born 1972
  • Flor Contemplacion · Filipina executed for murder, 1953–1995

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.