Name: Florence
Gender: Female
Usage: Florence, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Florence are in general originating from Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Florence across the world, see Florentia.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Florence is: Blossoming, Prosperous.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Florence is ranked on the 624th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 925600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.013% of the population. The name Florence has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Florence for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Florence is 1 December.
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History and Origin
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.
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 I 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.
English and French: medieval form of the Latin masculine name Florentius (a derivative of florens blossoming, flourishing) and its feminine form Florentia. In the Middle Ages the name was borne by men (for example, the historian Florence of Worcester), but it is now exclusively a female name, except in Ireland, where it has been used as an Anglicized form of Flaithrí (see Florry) and Fínín. In the second half of the 19th century the female name was revived, being given in honour of Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), the founder of modern nursing, who organized a group of nurses to serve in the Crimean War. She herself received the name because she was born in the Italian city of Florence (Latin Florentia, Italian Firenze).
Cognates (all m.): Italian: Fiorenzo. Spanish, Portuguese: Florencio. German: Florenz. Dutch: Floris. Russian: Florenti.
Short form: English: Flo f.
Pet forms: English: Florrie, Flossie f.
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