Flo

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Short form of FLORENCE or FLORA.

FLORENCE   female & male   English, French
From the Latin name Florentius or the feminine form Florentia, which were derived from florens "prosperous, flourishing". Florentius was borne by many early Christian saints, and it was occasionally used in their honour through the Middle Ages. In modern times it is mostly feminine.

The name can also be given in reference to the city in Italy, as in the case of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). She was a nurse in British hospitals during the Crimean War and is usually considered the founder of modern nursing.
FLORA   female   English, German, Italian, Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower". Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Fleur, Flora, Florence, Flower
EQUIVALENTS
DUTCH: Fleur, Fleurette, Floor, Floortje, Florina
ENGLISH: Fleurette, Floella, Floretta, Florrie, Flossie
FRENCH: Fleur, Fleurette, Flore, Florence, Florette, Florine
GERMAN: Flora, Floretta
HUNGARIAN: Flóra
ITALIAN: Fiorella, Fiorenza, Flora
LATE ROMAN: Florentia, Florina
PORTUGUESE: Florinda
ROMAN MYTHOLOGY: Flora
ROMANIAN: Florina
SPANISH: Florencia, Florina, Florinda
WELSH: Fflur
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Florus
DUTCH: Floor, Floris
ENGLISH: Florence
FRENCH: Florent
ITALIAN: Fiorenzo, Fiorino
LATE ROMAN: Florentius, Florinus
PORTUGUESE: Florencio
ROMANIAN: Florin
SPANISH: Florencio
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Floriana, Florianus
CROATIAN: Florijan
FRENCH: Florentin, Florentine, Florian, Floriane, Florianne
GERMAN: Florian
ITALIAN: Floriana, Floriano
LATE ROMAN: Florentina, Florentinus
POLISH: Florian
SPANISH: Florentina, Florentino