Flossie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FLOS-ee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
Flossie is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “flourishing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies).
What does Flossie mean?
Latin: pet form of Florence
“flourishing”
Traditional English pet form of Florence, from Latin florens 'flourishing, in bloom'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Flossie a girl's or a boy's name?
Flossie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Flossie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Flossie, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 11 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Flossie than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Flossie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Flossie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
Nicknames for Flossie
- Floss
Names like Flossie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Florence Rosie Lottie Frankie Elsie Nellie Annie Winnie Mabel Effie Hattie Flora
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Luna Nora Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony Austin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Flossie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/flossie, updated 20 October 2026.