Florence: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “flourishing, prosperous”
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- FLOR-uns · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
From the Latin name Florentia, feminine of Florentius. It is also the English name of the Italian city Firenze.
How popular is Florence?
Babies named Florence in 2024717
2024 rank#435 girls
Peak year1898
Total US babies since 1880339,743
Florence is rising: use over the last five years is 5.1× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Florence
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Florence questions
What does the name Florence mean?
Florence means "flourishing, prosperous". It comes from Latin. From the Latin name Florentia, feminine of Florentius. It is also the English name of the Italian city Firenze.
Is Florence a boy or girl name?
Florence is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Florence?
717 US babies were named Florence in 2024. Its peak year was 1898.
How do you pronounce Florence?
Florence is usually pronounced FLOR-uns.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.