Floris

[poliphilo]

 Scotland and the North of England got hit hard but Storm Floris merely dragged the skirts of its coat over us down here on the South Coast.

Floris- is it a girl's name or a boy's name? Neither and both. The internet tells me it's gender neutral and Dutch, derived from the Latin word Florens meaning "flourishing". I'm all for gender-neutral. And what a beautiful name it is!

Comments

[lethe1]

I am Dutch and I have never heard of Floris as a girl's name. Dutch name sites I've looked at all say it's a typically Dutch boy's name. Sorry :)

(There is also a London-based masculine fragrance brand named Floris.)

[poliphilo]

Ah.....

Maybe it's sometimes used as a girl's name outside of Holland. I don't know, I'm just relaying what I found on the Internet.....

[cmcmck]

Never heard it when I lived in Belgium either.

[poliphilo]

I don't think I've ever come across it before in any context....

[paserbyp]

I against to assign people names to storms. How about to choice something else for identification?