Given name & surname
Fleur
“flower”
Fleur is used as a given name and a surname. One Old French interpretation is “flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Old French interpretation is “flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Fleur is a variant of Flora. The history of Flora gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Flora is associated with the goddess of flowers.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Fleur through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 270
- 0 boys · 270 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,055 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,055 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 478 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fleur’s family of names
Fleur has a related form in Flora. In English usage, Fleur has a related form in FLEURETTA. In French usage, Fleur has a conventional equivalent in the Finnish form Kukka.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fleur has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old French roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fleur
- Fleur PellerinFrench politicianborn 1973
- Fleur MellorAustralian sprinterborn 1936
- Fleur JaeggySwiss writerborn 1940
- Fleur AgemaDutch politician (born 1976)
- Fleur EastBritish singerborn 1987
- Fleur Maxwellfigure skaterborn 1988
- Flora of Beaulieunun of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (d.1347)1300–1347
- Fleur JongDutch para athletics competitorborn 1995
- Fleur van de Kieftfield hockey playerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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