Flower Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Flower Name Meaning: A nickname from middle English flo(u)r,'flower','blossom'. Could also be occupational for someone who worked in a 'mill' or in the flour trading business (merchant).

Flower was a conventional term of endearment during the medieval times,especially in romantic poetry.This is also regularly found as a female personal name.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Flower Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Flower family

Profession Census Frequency
School 436
Coal Miner Hewer 51
Private Means 44
Farmer 28
None 27
Labourer 26
General Servant (domestic) 19
At Home 15
Dressmaker 15
Farm Labourer 15
General Labourer 14
Clerk 13
House Painter 13
Domestic Servant 12
Shop Assistant 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Charwoman 11
Old Age Pensioner 11
Dock Labourer 10
Laundress 10
Nil 10
Scholar 10
Student 9
School Boy 9
Cook (domestic) 9

Flower Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Flower 100% 24,879
2 Flewer 83% 382
3 Flour 67% 210

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The surname Flower is the most popular version of all its varients

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