Flowers surname meaning

Flowers is an English surname related to Flower, from Middle English or Old French words for a flower or blossom. Such a word could serve as an affectionate or descriptive byname before surnames became hereditary. The plural ending may reflect later spelling or family transmission rather than a literal garden occupation. Other proposals connect Flower or Floer with a miller or flour seller, an arrow-maker, or translated German and Dutch names such as Blum and Bloem. Those alternatives are important in immigrant records. The catalog uses nickname for the strongest English descriptive route, with likely confidence because the spelling crosses several occupational and translation histories.