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15 Names That Mean Flower
Names that mean flower include Flora (Latin), Hana (Japanese), Zahra (Arabic), Fleur (French), and Anthea (Greek). Florian carries the same Latin root for boys, lotus names Kamala and Aravind come from Sanskrit, and Sakura names Japan's beloved cherry blossom.
Flower names bloomed in Victorian England, but the tradition is far older and far wider, taking in the Japanese cherry blossom, the Sanskrit lotus, and the Roman goddess of spring. They promise freshness, color, and an easy, natural sweetness. This list gathers names that genuinely mean flower or name a specific bloom.
- Anthea FeminineGreek“flower, blossom”
- Aravind MasculineSanskrit“lotus”
- Crisanto MasculineSpanish“golden flower”
- Fiorello MasculineItalian“little flower”
- Fleur FeminineFrench“flower”
- Flora FeminineLatin“flower”
- Florian MasculineLatin“flowering, flourishing”
- Hana FeminineJapanese“flower”
- Kamala FeminineSanskrit“lotus”
- Lily FeminineEnglish“lily”
- Poppy FeminineEnglish“poppy flower”
- Sakura FeminineJapanese“cherry blossom”
- Shoshana FeminineHebrew“lily, rose”
- Violet FeminineEnglish“violet flower”
- Zahra FeminineArabic“flower, blossom; radiant”
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Questions
Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, Fleur, the French word for flower, and Hana, the Japanese word for flower, all mean flower directly. Zahra means blossom in Arabic, and Anthea comes from a Greek word for flowery.
Florian, from the Latin flos, flower, is the classic masculine choice, worn by the patron saint of firefighters. Fiorello means little flower in Italian, Aravind means lotus in Sanskrit, and Crisanto descends from the Greek for golden flower.
Kamala is the Sanskrit word for lotus and an epithet of the goddess Lakshmi, carried into world headlines by Vice President Kamala Harris. Aravind is a masculine Sanskrit lotus name common in southern India.
Sakura is the Japanese word for cherry blossom, the flower whose brief spring bloom symbolizes the beauty of impermanence. It is consistently among the most popular girls' names in Japan.