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Fleur

/FLUR/ FeminineFrench

Meaning

Fleur is a feminine name of French origin meaning “flower”.

Fleur is the French word for flower, popularized in English by John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga and later by the Harry Potter champion Fleur Delacour. Oddly, it is the Dutch rather than the French who have made it a mainstream baby name.

A top-30 girls' name in the Netherlands; an exotic rarity in the US.

At a glance

Origin
French
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/FLUR/
Themes
Flower

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Questions

  • Fleur is a feminine name of French origin meaning “flower”. Fleur is the French word for flower, popularized in English by John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga and later by the Harry Potter champion Fleur Delacour.

  • Fleur is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. It is a top-30 girls' name in the Netherlands; an exotic rarity in the US.

  • The name Fleur comes from French. Fleur is the French word for flower, popularized in English by John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga and later by the Harry Potter champion Fleur Delacour. Oddly, it is the Dutch rather than the French who have made it a mainstream baby name.

  • Fleur is pronounced FLUR.

More names that mean flower

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Anthea FeminineGreek“flower, blossom”
  2. Aravind MasculineSanskrit“lotus”
  3. Crisanto MasculineSpanish“golden flower”
  4. Fiorello MasculineItalian“little flower”
  5. Flora FeminineLatin“flower”
  6. Florian MasculineLatin“flowering, flourishing”