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.
Discover how your Flower ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 5 |
| Buckinghamshire | 6 |
| Berkshire | 37 |
| Cambridgeshire | 12 |
| Channel Islands | 4 |
| Cheshire | 46 |
| Cornwall | 4 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 64 |
| Devon | 46 |
| Dorset | 77 |
| Durham | 70 |
| Essex | 178 |
| Gloucestershire | 245 |
| Hampshire | 134 |
| Herefordshire | 13 |
| Hertfordshire | 17 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 87 |
| Lancashire | 146 |
| Leicestershire | 43 |
| Lincolnshire | 45 |
| London | 730 |
| Middlesex | 179 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 31 |
| Northamptonshire | 34 |
| Nottinghamshire | 131 |
| Oxfordshire | 10 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
| Shropshire | 7 |
| Suffolk | 37 |
| Somerset | 451 |
| Surrey | 94 |
| Sussex | 25 |
| Staffordshire | 155 |
| Warwickshire | 100 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 107 |
| Worcestershire | 26 |
| Yorkshire | 461 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 11 |
| Cardiganshire | 4 |
| Carnarvonshire | 3 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 193 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 100 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| 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 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Flower | 1,585 |
| William Flower | 1,523 |
| John Flower | 1,277 |
| Elizabeth Flower | 1,014 |
| George Flower | 1,014 |
| Sarah Flower | 812 |
| Thomas Flower | 772 |
| James Flower | 663 |
| Henry Flower | 640 |
| Ann Flower | 580 |
| Charles Flower | 530 |
| Jane Flower | 455 |
| Joseph Flower | 367 |
| Eliza Flower | 358 |
| Emma Flower | 337 |
| Frederick Flower | 331 |
| Annie Flower | 326 |
| Ellen Flower | 324 |
| Edward Flower | 297 |
| Alice Flower | 285 |
| Emily Flower | 280 |
| Robert Flower | 272 |
| Alfred Flower | 257 |
| Arthur Flower | 251 |
| Hannah Flower | 239 |