List of flag names

This is a list of flag names and nicknames, including both official designations and widely used informal names. Entries are presented in a sortable table by flag name; where given, the “Meaning and notes” column provides translations, explanations, and other contextual information.

List

Flag name / nickname Country / territory Meaning and notes
 A Auriverde Brazil "The Gold and Green"
 Aappalaartoq Greenland "The red"
 Al-Adaam Qatar "Support flag"
 Alam Baladii Kuwait "My country's flag"
 Alay Rengîn Iraqi Kurdistan "Colourful flag"
 Albayrak Turkey "Red Flag"
 Alsancak Turkey "Holy Red Standard"
 Ay Yıldız Turkey "Crescent Star"
 La Albiceleste or La Celeste y Blanca Argentina "The white and light blue one"
 A'najmataynee United Arab Republic and Ba'athist Syria "The Two Stars"
 Bandeira Auriverde Brazil "Gold and green flag"
 Bandeira das Quinas Portugal "Flag of the quinas", the five blue shields of the Portuguese arms
 Bandeira Verde-Rubra Portugal "Green-Red Flag"
 Baner Dewi Sant Wales (unofficial flag) "Flag of Saint David"
 Baner Peran Cornwall "St. Piran's flag"
 Bear Flag California
 Bendera Merah-Putih Indonesia "Red-White Flag"
 Betsy Ross flag United States
 Bhagwa Flag of the Hindus and former flag of the Maratha Empire "The Saffron Banner"
 Biało-Czerwona Poland "White-Red"
 Bieł-Čyrvona-Bieły Belarus (formerly) "White-Red-White"
 Bindenschild Austria
 Black, green and gold Jamaica
 Blood-Stained Banner Confederate States
 Bo Najma w Hlal Libya "Flag of the Star and the Crescent"
 Bonnie Blue flag Republic of West Florida official flag of the now-defunct Republic of West Florida, also used in some places as an unofficial banner of the Confederate States.
 Bosanski Ljiljan Bosnia and Herzegovina (formerly) "Bosnian lily"
 Bratach-Croise Scotland "Saltire"
 The Broken Trident Barbados
 Bundesflagge Germany "Federal Flag", Germany, official designation
 Български трикольор/Balgarski Trikolyor Bulgaria "Bulgarian Three Colors"
 Circle of Stars European Union and the Council of Europe
 Commonwealth Blue Ensign Australia
 Cambridge flag United States (historical)
 Continental colours United Colonies
 Continental Union United Colonies
 Cờ đỏ sao vàng Vietnam "Red Flag and Yellow Star"
 Cờ tổ quốc Vietnam "Flag of Fatherland"
 Crois Naomh Anndra Scotland "St. Andrew's Cross"
 Crotz occitana Occitania "Occitan cross"
 The Cross Jamaica
 Dannebrog Denmark "Danish cloth"[1]
 Derti Kuwait "My Nation/Land"
 Erfalasorput Greenland "Our flag"
 La Estrella Solitaria Chile "The Lone Star"
 La Estrella Solitaria Cuba "The Lone Star"
 Estelada blava Catalonia (pro-independence) "Blue-Starred Flag"
 Estreleira Galician nationalism "Starred Flag"
 Eureka Flag Australia (historical)
 Five Coloured Flag Jain flag
 Fleurdelisé Quebec, Canada "Fleur-de-lis-y"
 Galanólefki (Γαλανόλευκη) Greece "Blue-and-White"
 Gems Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Golden Arrowhead Guyana
 Gwenn-ha-du Brittany "White and black"
 Grand Ol' Flag United States
 Grand Union flag United States (historical)
 Hinomaru 日の丸 Japan (national flag and naval flag) "Sun disc"
 黃龍旗 (Huánglóngqí) China (historical) "Yellow Dragon Flag"
 Hvítbláinn Iceland (historical) "The White-blue", a flag proposal which was used but never became official
 Имперка (Imperka) Russian Empire (historical flag) "Imperial flag"
 Jackson Flag Confederate States
 Jalur Gemilang Malaysia "Stripes of Glory"
 Jefferson Seal Flag Jefferson (proposed U.S. state)
Hawaii (alternative flag) "True People"
 Kaponga (silver fern) New Zealand (unofficial, widely used)
 Khanjar Oo Sayfain Oman "Dagger and two swords"
 Khutjvriani Drosha Georgia "Five-cross flag"
 Красное знамя (Krasnoye znamia) Soviet Union (historical flag) "Red Banner"
 Kök Bayraq East Turkestan "Blue Banner"
 Flag of Kenya Kenya "Black, white, red, white, green and a shield with two arrows"
 Lal-Sobuj, Lal-Sobuj er Nishan Bangladesh "Red & green"
 Leòmhann na h-Alba (Lion Rampant) Scotland (royal banner) "Lion Rampant"
 Lone Star Flag Texas
 Lion Flag Sri Lanka
 Maple Leaf or l'Unifolié Canada
 Merkið Faroe Islands "The Banner"
 Merah-Putih Indonesia "Red and White"
 Monoestrellada Puerto Rico "Monostarred"
 Native America's flag Oklahoma
 Nishan Sahib x "respected ensign"
 Old Glory United States
 Pabellón Nacional Uruguay "National Pavilionflag"
 Pahāḍa Nepal "Mountain"
 Parcham-e Serang Iran "The Three-Coloured Flag"
 Parchem e Sitāra o Hilāl Pakistan "Flag of the Star and the Crescent"
 Prinsenvlag Netherlands (historical) "Prince's flag"
 Piros-fehér-zöld Hungary "Red-White-Green"
 Pambansang Watawat Philippines "National Flag"
 青天、白日、滿地紅 (Qīng Tiān, Bái Rì, Mǎn Dì Hóng ["Blue Sky, White Sun, Red Field"]) Taiwan
 The Rainbow Flag, Unity Flag, or Interim Flag South Africa all unofficial
 Rainbow flag x there are several independent rainbow flags in use today, the most widely known worldwide is the pride flag representing gay pride, while the peace flag is especially popular in Italy and the cooperative flag symbolizes the international co-operative movement.
 Red, White and Blue United States
 Ramhongsaek Konghwagukgi North Korea "Indigo and Red Flag of the Republic"
 Red Ensign or Red Duster United Kingdom (civil ensign) the civil ensign of the United Kingdom
 Reial senyera Valencian Community "Royal flag"
 Reichs- und Nationalflagge Germany (historical) "Reich and National Flag"[2]
 Российский триколор (Rosiiski Trikolor) Russia "Russian Three Colours"
 Rojigualda Spain "Red-weld"
 Rot-Weiss-Rot Austria "Red-white-red"
 De Roude Léiw Luxembourg (civil ensign) "Red Lion"
 Rout-Wäiss-Blo Luxembourg "Red-White-Blue"
 Ручнік (Ručnik) Belarus
 Rødt, hvitt og blått (Red, white and blue) Norway
 Sabz Hilāli Parchem Pakistan "Green Flag with Crescent"
 Saint Andrew's Cross or The Saltire Scotland
 Saint George's Cross England
 San Paul's Flag Devon
 Sam Si Laos "Tricolor"
 Sarkanbaltsarkanais karogs Latvia "Red-white-red flag"
 Sang Saka Merah Putih Indonesia "The Red White Heritage"
 Ѕвездата од Кутлеш Republic of North Macedonia (formerly Republic of Macedonia) (historical flag) "Sun of Kutleš'
 Schwarz-Rot-Gold Germany "Black-red-gold"
 Schwarz-Weiß-Rot German Empire "Black-white-red"
 Senyera Catalonia
 Shir-o-Khorshid Iran (historical flag) 'The lion and the sun"
 Shqiponja Dykrenare Albania "The two-headed eagle"
 Sinimustvalge Estonia "Blue-black-white"
 Siniristilippu Finland "Blue Cross Flag"
 Sinha Flag Sri Lanka "Lion Flag"
 Snow lion flag Tibet
 Southern Cross Confederate States (other meanings)
 Southern Cross Flag Australia
 Southern Cross Flag New Zealand
 Stainless Banner Confederate States
 Stars and Bars Confederate States
 Stars and Stripes United States
 Star-Spangled Banner,[a] United States
 Sun-Sea-Sand Banner Trinidad and Tobago
 Taegeukgi South Korea
 Tatlong Bituin at Isang Araw Philippines "Three Stars and a Sun"
 Al Tawheed/Shahada Saudi Arabia
 Te Kara New Zealand (formerly) Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand
 Tino Rangatiratanga New Zealand (national Māori flag) "Absolute Sovereignty"
 Tiranga India "The Tricolour"
 Tjúgufáni Iceland
 Trairong Thailand "Tricolour"
 Tree Cassyn Vannin Isle of Man "Three Legs of Mann"
 La Tricolor Bolivia "The Tricolor"
 El Tricolor Nacional Colombia "The National Tricolor"
 La Tricolor Costa Rica
 Trobojnica Croatia "The Tricolor"
 La Tricolor Ecuador
 Tricolor Nacional Venezuela "National Tricolour"
 La Tricolor Spain (historical)
 Drapeau Tricolore France "Tricolour Flag"
 Il Tricolore Italy
 Tricolorul Romania "the Tricolour"
 Триколор (Trikolor) Russia
 Тробојка / Trobojka Serbia
 Trídhathach na hÉireann Ireland "Irish tricolour"
 Trinacria Sicily
 Trispalvė Lithuania "Tricolor"
 True South Antarctica
 Üçrəngli Bayraq Azerbaijan "Tricolour Flag"
 Unifolié Canada "The [one] with a single Leaf"
L'Union Fait La Force Haiti "Unity makes strength" (motto on the flag)
 Union Jack or Union Flag,[b] United Kingdom
 Union Jack United States (maritime jack)
 Wiphala Bolivia (co-official flag) a flag representing the native peoples of the Andes and the co-official flag of Bolivia
 五色旗 (Wǔsèqí) Republic of China (historical) "Five-Colored Flag"
 五星红旗 (Wǔ Xīng Hóng Qí) People's Republic of China "Five-Starred Red Flag"
 Y Ddraig Goch Wales "The Red Dragon"
 Եռագույն (Yerakooyn) Armenia "Tricolour"
 жовто-блакитний (прапор) (Zhovto-blakytnyy [prapor]) Ukraine "Yellow-blue [flag]"

Notes

  1. ^ Originally referred to the version of the U.S. flag in use from 1795 to 1818; now often used to refer to all U.S. flags.
  2. ^ Called the "Royal Union Flag" in Canada, a former colony of the United Kingdom.

References

  1. ^ "800 years of Dannebrog | The story of the Danish flag". Denmark.dk. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. ^ "Reichsflaggengesetz (Eines der drei "Nürnberger Gesetze")" [Reich Flag Law (One of the three "Nuremberg Laws")]. documentArchiv.de (in German). 15 September 1935. Retrieved 7 November 2024.