Given name & surname
Flower
“arrow”
Flower is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an occupational English surname, Flower goes back to Middle English flo, meaning “arrow.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Flower is a variant of Flora. An origin associated with Flora is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Flower 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
Flower through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 127
- 0 boys · 127 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,370 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,370 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 467 as a first name in 2020; 3,633 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Flower
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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