Flor

Where Flor comes from

Flor hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1903
    Flor Peeters born
    Flemish organist, composer and music pedagogue
  2. 1926
    First appearance
    #3,873 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1991
    Flor Ruiz born
    Olympic javelin thrower
  4. 2005
    Peak, #907
    276 babies named Flor — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,722.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Flor Ruiz · Olympic javelin thrower, born 1991
  • Flor Peeters · Flemish organist, composer and music pedagogue, 1903–1986
  • Flor Alpaerts · Belgian composer, conductor, pedagogue, 1876–1954
  • Flor Marina Delgadillo · Colombian bicycle racer, born 1972
  • Flor Contemplacion · Filipina executed for murder, 1953–1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.