Given name & surname
Florita
Florita is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in English, Spanish, and Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Florita is a variant of Flora. An origin associated with Flora is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Florita is a diminutive of Flora.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Florita 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
Florita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 492
- 0 boys · 492 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 860 as a first name in 2020; 130 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Florita’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Florita is a diminutive of Flora. Florita has a related form in Flora.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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