Florence
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: (i) from the personal name Florence, ultimately from Latin florens ‘flowering’; (ii) person from Florence, Italy
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/flɒɹəns/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Florence is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Nigeria it is the 64th most common given name.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 535(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 1.2K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 1.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #911 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 465 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 535 (inferred from the name graph)
≈610,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(i) from the personal name Florence, ultimately from Latin florens ‘flowering’; (ii) person from Florence, Italy.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
How Florence is read(measured from records)
Florence is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English61%
(i) from the personal name Florence, ultimately from Latin florens ‘flowering’; (ii) person from Florence, Italy.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Lat Florentius, Florentia from florens ‘blooming’, and also from Florence (Italy); first attested Florentius 1130–2 Seals (St)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
‘flowering one’; used in Ireland for Fineen, Fitheal and Flann, and as female for Blathnaid.
as a nameIrish first names
name Florence, used by both sexes (L Florentius (masc.) and Florentia (fern.), derivs. of Florens\ see Florent). Both names were borne by several early Christian martyrs, but in the Middle Ages the masc. name was far more com¬ mon. 2. local name for someone from Florence in Italy, originally named in L as Florentia. Vars.: Fr.: Florance, Fleurance. Patrs. (from i): It.: De Florio. Rum.: Florescu.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- French23%
From Latin Florentia, from florens ‘flourishing; blooming’.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- Swahili5.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Florence in Swahili.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Florence counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈610,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Florence | 31 |
| NG Nigeria | #64 | ≈400,000 est. | ≈1 in 535 | — | Florence | 95 |
| FR France | — | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 535 | 148K | — | 13 |
| US United States | #376 | 62,185 | 1 in 5.3K | 62K | Florence | 465 |
| ZA South Africa | #312 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Florence | 61 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 306 | Florence | 96 |
| SG Singapore | #212 | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Florence | 90 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Florence is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
From Latin. See main dictionary. Masculine form: Florent.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Florence Nightingaleb. 1820FREnglish social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
- Florence Foster Jenkinsb. 1868USAmerican soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability (1868–1944)
- Vera Rubinb. 1928USnot in their usual nameAmerican astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
- Anouk Aiméeb. 1932FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1932–2024)
- Florence Griffith-Joynerb. 1959USAmerican track and field athlete (1959-1998)
- Florence Parlyb. 1963FRFrench politician
- Elsa Zylbersteinb. 1968FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress
- Florence Kasumbab. 1976DEUgandan-German actress
- Florence Welchb. 1986GBBritish singer (born 1986)
- Florence Pughb. 1996GBBritish actress (born 1996)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 117 sources across 66 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 148K | #2,010 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 62K | #791 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 796 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 217 | #791 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2024 | 98 | #84 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Florence mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) from the personal name Florence, ultimately from Latin florens ‘flowering’; (ii) person from Florence, Italy. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- Is Florence a male or female name?
- Florence is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Florence have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 610 thousand people named Florence in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled florence.
- What are other forms of the name Florence?
- In the etymology graph, Flore is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Florence?
- In the United States, the national register counted 62,185 people named Florence in 2020, about 1 in 5.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Florence compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Florence is the 64th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Florence?
- A machine transcription gives /flɒɹəns/ (IPA) for English.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Florence” — the 64th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.