What names mean flower?
Fleur and Xochitl both mean "flower". Fleur is French, while Xochitl comes from Nahuatl.
Explore the names below and follow any name to its full history.
Zara Arabic · princess, blooming flower
Blossom English · "flower cluster, bloom"
Zahra Arabic · radiant, a title of Fatima, known as az-Zahra, or blooming flower; two Arabic names share this spelling in Latin letters
Pwint Burmese · to bloom, to blossom (ပွင့်); a fresh, modern pick
Malar Tamil · flower, blossom (Tamil)
Maly Khmer · flower, garland; from Sanskrit mala. One of the easiest Khmer names to carry in America, landing next to Molly and Mali in English ears, which is why refugee-era daughters often kept it unchanged while harder names got traded for English ones
Bunga Indonesian · flower
Sosina Amharic · flower
Pua Hawaiian · flower
Xochitl Nahuatl · flower; a Nahuatl (Aztec) name proudly kept alive by families honoring their Indigenous Mexican roots
Paj Hmong · flower
Suman Sanskrit · flower; also "good-minded" (su-, good + man, mind)
Kukka Finnish · flower
Fleur French · flower
Bopha Khmer · flower; from Pali puppha. A girls' classic spanning every generation, from grandmothers of pre-war Phnom Penh to daughters in Long Beach and Lowell; the same element appears in Buppha Devi, the princess who led Cambodia's royal ballet
Hoa Vietnamese · flower
Sari Indonesian · essence, flower essence
Busaba Thai · flower, blossom (from Sanskrit pushpa)
Fa Cantonese · flower (花); a classic Cantonese given-name element
Marguerite French · pearl, daisy flower
Iris Greek · rainbow, iris flower
Zahara Arabic · traditionally 'shining, flower'
Flor Spanish · means 'flower'
Rose Latin · rose flower
Rosie English · rose flower; nickname-style for Rose
Sakura Japanese · cherry blossom
Ianthe Greek · violet flower
Violette French · violet flower
Golnar Persian · pomegranate blossom
Leilani Hawaiian · heavenly flower
Mulan Chinese · magnolia blossom; the legendary woman warrior of the Ballad of Mulan, who took her father's place in the army
Hanako Japanese · flower child; an old-fashioned name once so common it became shorthand for 'Japanese girl,' still found among Brazil's oldest Nikkei families
Jasmine Persian · jasmine flower
Gelsomina Italian · jasmine flower
Mali Thai · jasmine flower
Fiorella Italian · little flower
Kusuma Sanskrit · flower (Sanskrit kusuma); a poetic, noble term in Indonesian naming, used for boys
Poppy Latin · poppy flower
Momoka Japanese · peach blossom
Ubah Somali · traditionally meaning flower
Daisy English · day's eye flower
Jasmin Persian · from the jasmine flower, Persian yasmin
Kalia Hawaiian · traditionally 'flower' or a garland of flowers
Ayame Japanese · iris flower
Ione Greek · from Greek ion, violet flower; borne by a sea nymph in Greek myth, used in English since the 1800s.
Malee Thai · flower, garland (from Sanskrit mala); the spelling most often found in Thai American records, sitting beside the jasmine name Mali as an equal romanization tradition
Marigold English · golden flower
Flora Latin · from Latin 'flos/floris' (flower); Roman goddess of flowers and spring
Blima Yiddish · flower (Yiddish blum); sister spelling of Bluma, alive in Brooklyn birth records
Bluma Yiddish · flower (Yiddish blum); carried by pioneering psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik
Lili English · variant of Lily/Lilian, the flower name
Lilli English · variant of Lily/Lilian, the flower name
Zaira Arabic · variant of Zahra, traditionally 'flower, radiant, blossoming'
Yasmine Arabic · 'jasmine flower'
Camelia Latin · variant of Camellia, the flower name
Lotus Greek · from the lotus flower, a symbol of purity and rebirth
Iyana Amharic · traditionally 'beautiful flower'; variant of Ayanna
Jiyoung Korean · wisdom and glory, or flower, in common hanja
Lilly English · variant of Lily, from the flower
Azalea Greek · from the flower name, "dry"
Violeta Spanish · 'violet flower', from Latin viola
Yasmeen Arabic · variant of Yasmin, 'jasmine flower'
Mio Japanese · beautiful cherry blossom, beautiful thread, or waterway, depending on the kanji
Violetta Italian · variant of Violet, "purple flower"
Calantha Greek · beautiful blossom (kalos + anthos)
Iliana Spanish · used as a variant of Liliana, 'lily flower'
Phulmaya Nepali · flower-love (Nepali phul, flower, with maya, love); a grandmother-generation name of Nepal's hill communities, especially Tamang, Gurung and Magar families
Sampaguita Filipino · the Philippine national flower, a jasmine variety; an uncommon but meaningful heritage-floral name
Ayanna African · traditionally 'beautiful flower', of Ethiopian origin
Ayana African · believed to mean beautiful flower
Pansy English · An English flower name, from the French 'pensee', meaning thought.
Airi Japanese · love, or love and pear blossom depending on the kanji chosen
Lillie Latin · variant of Lily/Lillian, from the flower name, Latin 'lilium'
Champey Khmer · the frangipani (plumeria) blossom, strung into offering garlands at pagodas
Eirlys Welsh · snowdrop, the small pale winter flower
Rosalie French · elaboration of Rose, from Latin "rose flower"
Dalia Arabic · dahlia flower; grapevine branch
Jasmyne Modern American · a stylized respelling of Jasmine, the flower name from Persian yasmin
Hongmei Chinese · red plum blossom (紅梅); a revolutionary-era poetic name
Deisy Spanish · Spanish phonetic spelling of Daisy, the flower
Sewwandi Sinhala · the chrysanthemum flower in Sinhala; a flower name of the 1980s-90s cohort with a distinctly local blossom
Jazmyne Modern American · A stylized spelling of Jasmine, from Persian yasamin, the fragrant flower.
Melati Indonesian · jasmine, Indonesia's national flower
Potira Portuguese · flower (Tupi word, from indigenous legend)
Lillian English · elaboration of Lily, from Latin lilium (lily flower)
Liliana Latin · a form of Lillian, which may be an expanded form of Lily, from Latin lilium, "lily"
Jasmyn Modern American · A modern American respelling of Jasmine, from Persian yasmin, the flower.
Lily English · the lily flower; English word ultimately from Latin lilium, associated with purity in Christian art
Poo Tamil · flower (Tamil), a common affectionate short name
Yolonda Modern American · A respelling of Yolanda, tracing to Greek Iolanthe, violet flower, via Old French Yolande.
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