Ranking 513 S.S. Count:77,920
Origin : Flower-English, Welsh; Flowers-English
Flower (English),Flowers: 1. Derived from the Middle English word "flo(u)r", meaning flower. The names were originally used to show affection. Flower 2.) derived fromthe Middle English word "flo(u)r" meaning flower. The name was given to those who worked milling or selling flour and to those who had complexions that were considered to be as white as flour. 3. derived from the Old English word "fla," meaning arrow. The name was given to those who worked as arrowsmiths. Flower (Welsh) derived from the Welsh first name Llywerch.
Flowers Chronicles : Studies of Captian John Flower, II (1595-1657), Mariner of London, Bermuda and Virginia and some of his descendants in the American South were compiled by Pugh B. Flowers and published in Baltimore, MD, in 1987.
