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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and North German : from a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Florentius (see Florence), the name of a saint who died in 693, or of Florian (see also Flory).
  • Italian or Portuguese : perhaps from the personal name Flora. Flore is also found as a Romanian family name.

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