FLORENCE female & male English, French From the Latin name Florentius or the feminine form Florentia, which were derived from florens "prosperous, flourishing". Florentius was borne by many early Christian saints, and it was occasionally used in their honour through the Middle Ages. In modern times it is mostly feminine.The name can also be given in reference to the city in Italy, as in the case of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). She was a nurse in British hospitals during the Crimean War and is usually considered the founder of modern nursing. | ||||||||||||||||||||
FLORA female English, German, Italian, Roman Mythology Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower". Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala. |
FULL FORMS |
ENGLISH: Fleur, Flora, Florence, Flower |
EQUIVALENTS |
DUTCH: Fleur, Fleurette, Floor, Floortje, Florina |
ENGLISH: Fleurette, Flo, Floella, Floretta, Flossie |
FRENCH: Fleur, Fleurette, Flore, Florence, Florette, Florine |
GERMAN: Flora, Floretta |
HUNGARIAN: Flóra |
ITALIAN: Fiorella, Fiorenza, Flora |
LATE ROMAN: Florentia, Florina |
PORTUGUESE: Florinda |
ROMAN MYTHOLOGY: Flora |
ROMANIAN: Florina |
SPANISH: Florencia, Florina, Florinda |
WELSH: Fflur |
MASCULINE FORMS |
ANCIENT ROMAN: Florus |
DUTCH: Floor, Floris |
ENGLISH: Florence |
FRENCH: Florent |
ITALIAN: Fiorenzo, Fiorino |
LATE ROMAN: Florentius, Florinus |
PORTUGUESE: Florencio |
ROMANIAN: Florin |
SPANISH: Florencio |
OTHER FORMS |
ANCIENT ROMAN: Floriana, Florianus |
CROATIAN: Florijan |
FRENCH: Florentin, Florentine, Florian, Floriane, Florianne |
GERMAN: Florian |
ITALIAN: Floriana, Floriano |
LATE ROMAN: Florentina, Florentinus |
POLISH: Florian |
SPANISH: Florentina, Florentino |