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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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