Florentine

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Florentine is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 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.

• French44%

  feminine singular of florentin

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Satin fabriqué autrefois à Florence. La florentine peut aussi être un crin autrement appelé crin de Florence.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

• English29%

  pert, to Florence; served with

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  spinach

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  Cooked or served with spinach.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• German15%

  ) Florentina: in Deutschland seit dem 16. Jh. vorkommender weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Florentine, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Clementine
• Delphine
• Evangeline
• Amandine
• Celestine

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Florentine is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Philippines, Panama

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Florentinë

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

• Mistinguettb. 1875FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress and singer
• Florentine Rost van Tonningenb. 1914NLDutch Nazi collaborator (1914-2007)
• Florentine Lahmeb. 1974DETV and film actress

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).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

44 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 26 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Florentine mean, and where does it come from?

feminine singular of florentin Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Is Florentine a male or female name?

Florentine is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: France (INSEE, 2015), Netherlands (Meertens NVB), United States (Census Bureau, 2020) and Austria (Statistik Austria, 2024).

What are other forms of the name Florentine?

In the etymology graph, Florentina is a form of the same name in other languages.

Which countries have the most people named Florentine?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Florentine, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled florentine. After it come United States, Sweden, Poland and Denmark; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Florentine most common?

Florentine is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 16 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Florentine?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,071 people named Florentine, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.