Name

Name FLORENCE

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 541,950 births of Florence in the countries below, which represents an average of 3,899 births of children bearing the first name Florence per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 3,302 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Florence
In Italiano

Nome Florence

Variations : Firenze , Florance , Florentia , Florentina , Florentína , Florentine , Flôrentine , Florentyna , Florentýna , Flossie

Information about the first name Florence

We celebrate Florence on December 1st

The first name Florence is listed in our categories :

Romanian names (girls)
Florence

The first name Florence has been assigned to:

0.13% to boys
99.87% to girls

The country where the first name Florence is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 8 letters including 3 vowels and 5 consonants

Florence in Japanese ^*

Romaji	furoorensu
Katakana	フローレンス
Hiragana	ふろーれんす
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Florence in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Florence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Florence, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom.
The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.

Noun

Florence (plural Florences)
(historical) An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
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(historical) A kind of silk fabric; florentine.
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Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈflɒɹəns/
(General American, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈflɔɹəns/
(NYC) IPA(key): /ˈflɑɹɪns/
Rhymes: -ɒɹəns

French

Etymology

From Latin Flōrentia.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /flɔ.ʁɑ̃s/
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Proper noun

Florence f
Florence (the capital city of Tuscany, Italy)
Florence (a metropolitan city of Tuscany, Italy)
A female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Florence, feminine form of the saint's name Florent.

Proper noun (Descendants)

→ Dutch: Florence
→ English: Florence
→ German: Florenz

Popularity of the name Florence

Number of FLORENCE births per year

Popularity of the name Florence

Total births of Florence by country

		Births with the first name Florence
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2019	533 332,375
	France 1900 - 2019	23 148,030
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2019	0 22,959
	Ontario 1913 - 2018	0 10,097
	Quebec 1980 - 2019	10 9,661
	New Zealand 1900 - 2019	0 6,190
	Switzerland 1912 - 2019	0 4,415
	Belgium 1995 - 2019	0 1,720
	New Scotland 1920 - 2019	0 1,622
	British Columbia 1919 - 2019	0 1,502
	Australia 1944 - 2019	2 1,187
	Ireland 1964 - 2019	123 523
	Brazil 1930 - 2010	0 420
	Sweden 1998 - 2019	0 216
	Alberta 1980 - 2019	2 112
	Germany 2000 - 2018	1 49
	Austria 1984 - 2018	0 44
	Italy 1999 - 2018	1 42
	Netherlands 2015 - 2019	0 25
	Denmark 1985 - 2019	0 23
	Poland 2000 - 2019	0 17
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 12
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	0 10
	Portugal 2014 - 2019	0 4

Popularity of the name Florence

Total births of Florence by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Florence
Country		Boys Girls
	United Kingdom 2019	0 2,025
	Quebec 2019	0 418
	Australia 2019	0 308
	United State of America 2019	0 226
	New Zealand 2019	0 72
	Sweden 2019	0 43
	Belgium 2019	0 41
	Ontario 2018	0 36
	Ireland 2019	0 30
	France 2019	0 26
	Netherlands 2019	0 25
	British Columbia 2019	0 16
	Switzerland 2019	0 13
	Alberta 2019	0 8
	Brazil 2010	0 4
	Italy 2018	0 3
	Poland 2019	0 3
	Germany 2018	0 2
	Austria 2018	0 1
	Czechoslovakia 2016	0 1
	Denmark 2019	0 1

Comments on the name Florence

Personalities with the first name Florence

There are 110 personalities with the first name Florence

Florence Nightingale

United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Writer Teacher Politician Nurse Statistician

Florence Griffith-Joyner

United states of america
Sprinter

Florence Devouard (Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Nibart)

France
Wikimedian in residence Agricultural engineer Wikimedian

Florence Welch (Florence Leontine Mary Welch)

United kingdom
Composer Singer Drummer Singer-songwriter Guitarist

Florence Harding

United states of america
Politician

Florence Foster Jenkins

United states of america
Singer Pianist Socialite Musician Opera singer

Florence Pugh

United kingdom
Actor Singer Songwriter Film actor

Sabine Azéma (Sabine Florence Azéma)

France
Actor Film director Film actor

Florence Lawrence

Canada United states of america
Actor Patent inventor Stage actor Film actor

Florence Arthaud

France
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There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Florence
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Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Florence

There are 838 actors and actresses with the first name Florence

Florence Kosky

Florence Pugh

Florence Joy

Florence Welch

Florence Brudenell-Bruce

Florence Hoath

Florence Faivre

Florence Matousek

Florence Tan

Florence Kasumba

Florence Rey

Florence Foresti

Florence Marely

Florence Lemoine

Florence Lemerle

Florence Darel

Florence Kwok

Florence Geanty

Florence Pernel

Florence Thomassin

Florence Bloch

Florence Guérin

Florence Bonnafous

Florence Regina

Florence Jaugey

Florence Griffith Joyner

Florence Aubry

Florence Christal

Florence Cayrol

Florence Nicaise

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Florence
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Rankings of first name FLORENCE by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
No ranking of first name FLORENCE (male) births over the last year available in each country

Country ranking (girls)
Rank	Country	Year
#7	Quebec	2019
#15	United Kingdom	2019
#45	Australia	2019
#55	New Zealand	2019
#175	Ireland	2019
#224	Sweden	2019
#237	British Columbia	2019
#252	Belgium	2019
#315	Ontario	2018
#380	Switzerland	2019
#525	Netherlands	2019
#543	Alberta	2019
#578	Poland	2019
#949	United State of America	2019
#1489	France	2019
#2552	Germany	2018
#2618	Denmark	2019
#2805	Czechoslovakia	2016
#3036	Italy	2018
#4699	Austria	2018
#10951	Brazil	2010