The English surname Flowers is from an Old French term of ‘flur’ and the Middle English term of ‘flor’ which refers to endearment, fondness and something delicate. An Old English term ‘fla’ and ‘floer’ means an arrow and could refer to an arrowsmith. Another Middle English term of ‘flour’ meant a miller or flour merchant with term relating to ‘a flower which was the pick of the meal.’ Spelling variations for Flowers include Flower and Flowerss. Counties with highest populations in Scotland are Lanarkshire and Midlothian. In England the Flowers surname is found in Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. In the United States most Flowers families reside in the southern states, especially Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, but also in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Famous: Thomas Harold Flowers (An English engineer and designer for the first programmable computer known as ‘Colossus’, Ben Flowers (professional baseball player), Wayland Flowers (a famous puppeteer) and Tim Flowers (an English goalkeeper).