Name meaning & stats
Florence
Florence means “flourishing” (Latin origin). 46,311 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“flourishing”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
46,311 US babies were named Florence between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Florence (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Florence is the main spelling
- Florence 99%
- Florance 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)