# Fleur (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fleur/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “flower” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 270 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 270 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,932, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

French fleur (“flower”), name of a character in Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.

## What it means

Fleur is grouped under flower.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 12,687 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,465 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,285 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,310 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,696 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,069 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,531 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,849 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,871 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,902 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,050 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,255 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,599 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,622 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,055 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 98 | 440 |
| 2012 | 94 | 475 |
| 2013 | 102 | 415 |
| 2014 | 122 | 367 |
| 2015 | 191 | 260 |
| 2016 | 168 | 297 |
| 2017 | 140 | 340 |
| 2018 | 140 | 342 |
| 2019 | 102 | 414 |
| 2020 | 116 | 378 |
| 2021 | 108 | 412 |
| 2022 | 96 | 442 |
| 2023 | 94 | 433 |
| 2024 | 74 | 526 |
| 2025 | 77 | 520 |

## People named Fleur

- Fleur Pellerin, French politician
- Fleur Mellor, Australian sprinter
- Fleur Agema, Dutch politician (born 1976)
- Fleur East, British singer
- Fleur Maxwell, figure skater
- Fleur Jong, Dutch para athletics competitor
- Fleur van de Kieft, field hockey player
- Fleur Moors, Belgian cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.