The name Flora is derived from the Latin word "flos" meaning "flower".
Famous bearers
In Roman mythology, Flora was a goddess of flowers and the season of spring.
Bearers include Flora Tristan (1803 - 1844), a French activist, socialist writer, one of the founders of modern feminism, and Paul Gauguin's grandmother;
Flora Twort (1893 - 1985), an English painter;
Flora Robson (1902 - 1984), an English actress.
