MEANING & HISTORY
What does Flor mean?
Flor is the Spanish word for flower used directly as a given name. The Tagalog dictionary records borrowing from that Spanish name and supplies the same floral sense.
Its brevity does not require expanding it to Florentina or another longer form to explain the documented name. Those names can share related Latin flower vocabulary while having their own formation histories. Flor is the spelling documented here, distinct from the French Fleur and from Floro, which follows another naming form.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈfloɾ/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈfloɾ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈploɾ/with nativization
- [ˈploɾ]with nativization
Flor1 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Flor, from flor (“flower”).
a female given name from Spanish
SpanishEtymology & source
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Flor
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Flor Contemplacion
Filipina executed for murder (1953–1995)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Flor Bien
Philippine actor
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Flor Contemplacion, Flor Bien
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Flor in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Flor
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Flora♀Flowers, through the Roman goddess Flora
- Floro♂Flowery; from Latin Florus
- Floria·Flora + ia, or the feminine of Florio
- Flint♂Flint, the hard stone used to strike sparks
- Florian·From Florianus, a derivative of the flower-name Florus
- Florita♀Affectionate form of Flora
- Taylor♂♀Tailor
- Flavio♂Golden or yellow-haired, through Roman Flavius
What rhymes with Flor?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
- DominadorTagalog · /-oɾ/
- KanorTagalog · /-oɾ/
- LeonorTagalog · /-oɾ/
- MelchorTagalog · /-oɾ/
- NicanorTagalog · /-oɾ/
- SalvadorTagalog · /-oɾ/
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Flor
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Flor further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q19689419 — Flor (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Flor Contemplacion (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19689419 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Flor Bien (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19689419 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Flor (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Flor (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- RAE/ASALE — Diccionario de la lengua española: Flor (opens in a new tab)
Spanish flower word and Latin flos/floris; lexical meaning only.