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Florence

A female given name from Latin.

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Florence at a glance

Origin
Latin
Root meaning
“flowering, flourishing”
Pronunciation (IPA)
/ˈflɒɹəns/, /ˈfloɹəns/

Etymology

Borrowed from French Florence f, 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. Doublet of Firenze. The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.

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What does the name Florence mean?

A female given name from Latin. Its root means "flowering, flourishing".

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).