My grandmother, born in 1875 was name Flora Dora. Was their some significance about that name?

Question

I was told told that there were dolls or characters with that name. The term "Flora Dora" meant a female vaudeville performer; however, there was no such connection in our family.

Answer 1

"Saint Floradora (the Pompeiian Rose) was assumed to be a Christian daughter of a vacationing Roman senator forced to take cover during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius near Pompeii" (1)

There is a rose named Floradora, and a diplomatic code, but both were named after your grandmother was named.

"This Armand Marseille 1890's doll has a perfect bisque head, nice mohair wig, open-shut eyes, open mouth, composition ball-jointed body" (2)
There's a picture of the doll there.

"The first theatrical sensation of the new century was the British musical comedy Florodora" (3)
This opened in New York in the early 1900s, but I found a reference to the London opening in 1898, so it may have played earlier elsewhere. This is my guess for the most likely place her parents got her name. That, or it just sounded nice to them.

http://www.shop.com/op/aprod-p40401689-k24-g4-~floradora-nover?sourceid=13
Just a picture (Floradora Girl) you might enjoy.