Flores as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Flores

What is the meaning of the name Flores ?

The baby name Flores is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Spanish: /ˈflo.ɾes/ (FLO-res); English: /ˈflɔːrɛz/ or /ˈfloʊrɛz/ (FLO-rez).

Flores is Spanish in Origin.

From the Spanish and Portuguese plural Flores (“flowers”), the name traces to Latin flos, floris, “flower,” and the verb florere, “to bloom,” source of English flourish and florid. As a given name it therefore carries senses of beauty, vitality, renewal, and abundance.

Flores is best known as a widespread Iberian and Hispanic surname, attested since the Middle Ages as a patronymic “descendant of Floro/Florus,” and also as a topographic or devotional byname (e.g., de las Flores, das Flores). In recent decades it has seen rare unisex use as a first name in Latin America, the Philippines, and the United States, often following the surname-as-given-name trend. Related forms and cognates include Flor, Flora, Florita/Florecita, Florinha, Florencia/Florencio, Floro, Floris (Dutch), Fiore (Italian), Fleur/Flore (French), and Florence. Overall meaning: “flowers; flourishing, in bloom.”