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Fleur
Gender: Feminine
Language: French
Etymology:
Fleur is the French word for Flower.
History:
Fleur was a rare, medieval, French name revived by John Galsworthy (1867-1933) in his 1920 novel Indian Summer of a Forsyte in Chancery, where a baby girl is named after the French word for flower.
Pronunciation: fleur.
Diminutives: Fleurette.
Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Fleur Adcock (1934-)
New Zealand poet.
Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
less than 0.001 % named Fleur
Popularity of Fleur:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-2000: N/A
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