Florence

A female given name: from a Latin word meaning “flowery.”.

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Florence is an English given name for girls. It is the French version after Saint Florentia, Roman martyr under Diocletian. It comes from Latin florens, florentius "blossoming", verb floreo, meaning "to flower", in the sense of a blossom. Florence was in olden times also used as a translation of the Latin version Florentius, and may be used in this context as a male given name.
A notable Florence was Florence Nightingale, who was a nurse in British hospitals during the Crimean War and is usually considered the founder of modern nursing. She was given the name because she was born in Florence, Italy.
Contrary to popular belief, Florence Nightingale was not the first person to be given this name. A much earlier example was Florence Wrey (d.1718), wife of John Cole of the Irish County of Fermanagh (married in 1707), who was herself named after her mother, Florence Rolle, the wife of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet (c. 1653-1696) of Tawstock, Devon, and the daughter of Sir John Rolle (d.1706) of Stevenstone, by his wife and distant cousin Florence Rolle (1630-1705), an even earlier Florence, the daughter and heiress of Denys Rolle (1614–1638), of Stevenstone and Bicton in Devon. This name is also of note because John Cole built a large mansion in Northern Ireland which he named Florence Court after his wife. One of John Cole's descendants, who had become "Lord Enniskillen", planted a peculiarly upright yew tree in the grounds of Florence Court, which was to become the mother tree of all Irish Yews or "Florence Court Yews".
Florencia, a Spanish version, is among the most popular names for baby girls in Argentina and Uruguay. Florence was most popular in the United States between 1900 and 1940, when it was in the top 100 names given to baby girls. The name last ranked in the top 1,000 names given to baby girls in the 1970s. Florence was the fourth most popular name given to baby girls in Quebec, Canada in 2007 and the name has also risen in popularity in the England and Wales, where Florence was the 109th most popular name given to baby girls in 2007.

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Chief city of Tuscany, also a fem. proper name, both from Latin Florentia, fem. of Florentius, literally "blooming," from florens (genitive florentis), present participle of florere "to flower" (see flourish). The city name is from Roman Colonia Florentia, "flowering colony," either literal or figurative, and became Old Italian Fiorenze, modern Italian Firenze.

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Blossoming, charming, prosperous, flourishing.

Roman, Florenz

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Florence Foster Jenkins	1868	American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability
2	Florence Nightingale	1820	English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
3	Florence Henderson	1934	American actress
4	Florence Griffith-Joyner	1959	Track and field athlete from America
5	Florence Welch	1986	English musician, singer and songwriter
6	Florence Ballard	1943	American recording artist and vocalist
7	Florence Owens Thompson	1903	Photographed American
8	Florence Faivre		French-Thai actress
9	Monster of Florence		Unidentified serial killer
10	John John Florence	2000	American surfer
11	Tyler Florence	1971	American chef
12	Florence Pugh	1996
13	Florence Harding	1860	First Lady of the United States, 1921 to 1923
14	Florence Green	1901	Last surviving veteran of World War I
15	Florence Stanley	1924	American actress
16	Florence Halop	1923	American actress
17	Florence Kasumba	1976	German actress
18	Florence Kelley	1859	American activist
19	Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence	1510	Duke of Florence
20	Florence Scovel Shinn	1871	American writer
21	Florence Lawrence	1886	Canadian-American actress
22	Florence LaRue	1944	American actress and singer
23	Florence Balcombe	1858	Wife and literary executor of Bram Stoker (Dracula)
24	Florence Maybrick	1862	American murderer
25	Florence Eldridge	1901	American actress
26	Florence Rawlings	1988	British singer
27	Florence Carter-Wood	1888	British artist
28	Florence Tullis
29	Florence Brudenell-Bruce	1985	British actress
30	Florence Devouard	1968	French agronomist
31	Florence Bates	1888	Actress; lawyer
32	Lionel Florence	1958	French lyricist, painter and photographer
33	Florence Knoll	1917	American architect
34	Florence King	1936	American writer
35	Florence Moncorgé-Gabin	1949	French actress
36	Florence Darel	1968	French actress
37	Florence Sally Horner	1937	Kidnapped American child
38	Florence Mills	1895	African American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian
39	Robert Florence	1977	Scottish presenter and comedian
40	Florence May Chadwick	1918	American swimmer
41	Florence Arthaud	1957	French sailor
42	Florence Hoath	1984	British actress
43	Florence K. Upton	1873	American English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer
44	Florence Guérin	1965	Film actress
45	Florence La Badie	1888	Actress
46	Florence Kwok	1968	Hong Kong actress
47	Florence Littauer	1928	American writer
48	Florence Price	1887	American composer
49	Florence Joy	1986	German actress and voice actress
50	Florence Jean Castleberry
51	Florence Baker	1841	Explorer
52	Margaret Anne Florence	1978	American actress
53	Florence Servan-Schreiber	1964	French journalist
54	Florence Dugdale	1879	English writer and the second wife of the poet Thomas Hardy
55	Florence Rice	1907	Actress
56	Florence Broadhurst	1899	Australian artist
57	Florence R. Sabin	1871	American medical scientist
58	Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly	1854	American heiress
59	Florence Martus	1868	American ship greeter
60	Florence Hartmann	1963	French journalist
61	Drayton Florence	1980	American Football player
62	Florence Foresti	1973	French actress
63	David Florence	1982	UK canoeist
64	Florence Porcel	1983
65	Florence Malraux	1933
66	Florence Ita Giwa	1946	Nigerian politician
67	Florence Bjelke-Petersen	1920	Australian politician
68	Florence Kiplagat	1987	Kenyan long-distance runner and marathoner
69	Florence Ellinwood Allen	1884	United States federal judge
70	Florence Marly	1919	Czech actress
71	Florence Viala		French actress
72	Antoninus of Florence	1389	Dominican friar and archbishop
73	Florence Bascom	1862	Geologist
74	Carol Florence		American actress
75	Florence Berthout	1962	French politician
76	Florence Farr	1860	Actress, Author, Musician, Mystic
77	Florence Geanty	1966	French actress
78	Florence Klein	1955	French journalist
79	Florence Wald	1917	American nurse
80	Florence Vidor	1895	American actress
81	Florence B. Seibert	1897	American biochemist
82	Florence Blot	1912	French actress
83	Florence Hainaut	1981	Belgian journalist
84	Florence Fuller	1867	South African-born Australian artist
85	Florence Tan	1977	Malaysian actress
86	Florence Cassez	1978	French woman convicted of kidnapping
87	Zenobius of Florence	0337	Italian bishop
88	Florence Turner	1885	American actress
89	Florence Nagle	1894	Breeder and trainer of race horses
90	Florence Earle Coates	1850	American writer and poet
91	Florence Shoemaker Thompson	1892	Sheriff
92	Florence Reece	1900	American singer
93	Florence Bligh, Countess of Darnley	1860	British noble
94	Hércules Florence	1804	French artist, photographer and inventor
95	Nick Florence	1989	American football player
96	Florence Bell	1851	British dramatist
97	Florence Desmond	1905	British actress
98	Florence Meyer	1911	American photographer
99	Florence Beaumont
100	Florence Goodenough	1886	American psychologist
101	Florence Holway	1915	American activist
102	Florence Shapiro	1948	Texas State Senator
103	Florence Roberts	1861	American actress, 1861–1940
104	Florence Henri	1893	French photographer and painter
105	Florence Jaffray Harriman	1870	Socialite, suffragist, social reformer, organizer, diplomat
106	Florence Lake	1904	American actress
107	Florence Ryerson	1892	Playwright, screenwriter, and co-author of the script for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz
108	Florence Reed	1883	American stage and film actress
109	James Florence	1988	American basketball player
110	Florence Cook	1856	English spiritual medium
111	Florence Birdwell	1925	American academic
112	Florence Pernel	1966	French actress
113	Florence of Worcester	1100	English monk and archivist / historian
114	Florence Burgat		French philosopher
115	Florence Griswold	1850
116	Florence Warner	1947	American singer
117	Florence Nash	1888	Actress
118	Florence Woerth	1956
119	Florence Greenberg	1913	American record label owner, music executive and record producer
120	Florence Easton	1882	English singer
121	Florence S. Jacobsen	1913	American Mormon leader
122	Florence Ben Sadoun	1961	French journalist
123	Florence Trevelyan	1852	Italian conservationist
124	Florence Paterson	1927
125	Florence Violet McKenzie	1890	Australian electrical engineer
126	Florence Lassandro	1900	Canadian mobster
127	Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey	1863	American ornithologist
128	Florence Knapp	1873
129	Florence Gould	1895	American writer and salon-holder
130	Bob Florence	1932	American jazz arranger and pianist
131	Florence Lee	1888	Actress
132	Florence Gilbert	1904	American actress
133	Florence Masebe		South African actress
134	Florence L. Barclay	1862	British writer
135	Florence Duperval Guillaume		Haitian politician
136	Florence Rush	1918	American activist
137	Florence Delay	1941	French writer
138	Afonso Florence	1960	Brazilian politician
139	Florence Ada Keynes	1861	English social reformer and political figure in Cambridge
140	Florence Prag Kahn	1866	American politician
141	Florence Craye		Fictional character in P.G. Wodehouse canon
142	Li Tim-Oi	1907	Canadian priest
143	Florence MacCarthy	1560	Irish prince
144	Florence Marryat	1833	British author and actress
145	Minias of Florence		Saint
146	Florence Quivar	1944	Singer
147	Florence Weber	1958	French anthropologist and sociologist
148	Florence Belkacem		French journalist
149	Florence Mary Taylor	1879	Australian architect
150	Florence Thomassin	1966	French actress
151	Florence Nightingale David	1909	Statistician
152	Florence Melton	1911	American inventor
153	Florence Auer	1880	Actress
154	Florence Schaal		French journalist
155	Florence Aboulker	1934	French writer
156	Florence Annie Conybeare	1872
157	Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh	1889	British politician
158	Florence Meyer Blumenthal	1875	American philanthropist
159	Peter Florence		British actor
160	Florence Rougé	1967	French actress
161	Florence Harrison	1877	British artist
162	Florence Fabricant		Critic
163	Florence Gill	1877	British actress
164	Florence Finch	1915	Filipino-American member of the World War II resistance
165	Florence Hebbelynck		Belgian actress
166	Florence Schelling	1989	Ice hockey player
167	Florence Kaye	1919	American composer
168	Florence Reville Gibbs	1890	American politician
169	Florence Crauford Grove	1838	British mountain climber
170	Florence Reuter	1969	Belgian politician
171	Florence Young	1856	Australian memoirist and missionary
172	Florence Kahn	1878	American actress
173	William J. Florence	1831	American actor and writer
174	Florence Stephens	1881	Swedish landowner
175	Florence Montgomery	1843	British writer
176	Florence Pendleton	1926	American politician
177	Florence P. Dwyer	1902	American politician
178	Florence Claxton	1838	British painter
179	Florence Riefle Bahr	1909	American artist
180	Florence Davidson	1896	Canadian artist
181	Florence Finch Kelly	1858	Novelist, journalist
182	Florence Austral	1892	Singer
183	Florence Wysinger Allen	1913	Artists' model
184	Florence M. Rice	1919
185	Florence O'Donoghue	1895	Irish historian
186	Florence A. Blanchfield	1884	American military nurse
187	Florence Eshalomi
188	Florence Comite	1952	American endocrinologist
189	Florence Howe	1929	American writer
190	Florence Omagbemi	1975
191	Florence Klotz	1920	American costume designer
192	Florence Farmborough	1887	British photographer
193	Florence Parry Heide	1919	American writer
194	Florence Deeks	1864	Canadian academic
195	Florence Denmark	1932	American psychologist
196	Florence St. John	1855	British singer and actress
197	Florence Wambugu	1953	Kenyan biologist
198	Florence Henniker	1855	British novelist
199	Florence Bird	1908	Canadian politician
200	Florence Anderson	1874	British artist