Flora
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Flora (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Flora has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 12 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 25 |
| 2007 | 31 |
| 2008 | 25 |
| 2009 | 32 |
| 2010 | 41 |
| 2011 | 19 |
| 2012 | 41 |
| 2013 | 53 |
| 2014 | 40 |
| 2015 | 46 |
| 2016 | 49 |
| 2017 | 64 |
| 2018 | 52 |
| 2019 | 62 |
| 2020 | 97 |
| 2021 | 99 |
| 2022 | 105 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 176 |
| 2000 | 177 |
| 2001 | 187 |
| 2002 | 191 |
| 2003 | 200 |
| 2004 | 221 |
| 2005 | 236 |
| 2006 | 259 |
| 2007 | 296 |
| 2008 | 327 |
| 2009 | 361 |
| 2010 | 398 |
| 2011 | 413 |
| 2012 | 454 |
| 2013 | 514 |
| 2014 | 560 |
| 2015 | 605 |
| 2016 | 655 |
| 2017 | 725 |
| 2018 | 779 |
| 2019 | 854 |
| 2020 | 967 |
Flora in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Flora.Hi! My name is Flora.
- Flora bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Flora lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Flora kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Flora is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Floras mamma är lärare.Flora's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Floras mamma is Flora's mum.
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Questions about Flora
How do you pronounce Flora in Swedish?
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What does the name Flora mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
How popular is Flora in Sweden?
105 babies were named Flora in 2022. In 2020, 967 people in Sweden had Flora as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.