Surnames Categorized "flora"

BELLEROSE French
Means "beautiful rose" in French.

BLOM Swedish
Means "bloom, flower" in Swedish.

BLUMENTHAL German, Jewish
Derived from German Blumen "flowers" and Thal "valley".

BOLKVADZE Georgian
From Georgian ბოლქვი (bolkvi) meaning "tuber, bulb".

DELANEY (1) English
Derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".

DESROSIERS French
Means "from the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". It probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden.

FIALA Czech
Means "violet" in Czech, referring to the flower. It may have originally referred to a person who lived near a sign bearing violets, or it may have been given to a person who lived in a place where violets grew.

FOERSTNER German
Variant of FÖRSTNER.

FORST German
Derived from Old High German forst "forest". Probably unrelated to the Old French word forest, which was derived from Latin, Old High German forst was derived from foraha meaning "fir tree".

GAROFALO Italian
From a nickname, from a southern variant of the Italian word garofano meaning "carnation".

GRÜNEWALD German
Means "green forest" from German grün "green" and Wald "forest".

KEITH Scottish
From a place name that is probably derived from the Brythonic element cet meaning "wood". This was the surname of a long line of Scottish nobles.

KOHL German
Derived from Middle High German kol "cabbage".

LINDEN German
Derived from Old High German linta meaning "linden tree".

LYNDON English
Originally from a place name meaning "linden tree hill" in Old English.

ORTEGA Spanish
From a Spanish place name (belonging to various villages) derived from ortiga "nettle".

ROSA Italian, Catalan
Italian and Catalan form of ROSE (1).

ROSALES Spanish
Means "rose bushes" in Spanish.

ROSE (1) English, French, German, Jewish
Means "rose" from Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose, all from Latin rosa. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in an area abundant with roses. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental, from Yiddish רויז (roiz).

RŮŽIČKA Czech
Means "little rose" in Czech.

TACHIBANA Japanese
From Japanese 橘 (tachibana) meaning "orange, tangerine".

THORN English, Danish
Originally applied to a person who lived in or near a thorn bush.

THORNE English
Variant of THORN.

WALDVOGEL Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German Wald meaning "forest" and Vogel meaning "bird".

WOODWARD English
Occupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.