Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Flory isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Flory through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 31 boys · 53 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,331 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,331 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 561 as a first name in 2020; 4,905 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Flory’s family of names
In Greek usage, Flory as a surname is a transliteration of Φλορύ. In Greek usage, Flory as a surname is a transliteration of Φλωρύ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Flory
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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