Comments for the name Florence

It's so sophisticated. I love it.

My great-grandmother bore this name. And she was French. I think French names are very pretty and sophisticated!

Florence Johnston was the name of George and Louise Jefferson's maid on the T.V. show "The Jeffersons." She was played by Marla Gibbs.

A famous bearer is first lady Florence Harding.

I love it! So understated and classy.

My sister's name, of which I have always been very jealous. It's modern and classy yet understated.

This was my great-grandmother's name and I think it has a certain class to it. Her nickname was 'Flo' which is rather nice too. Not very popular today but perhaps it should be.

I have this as my second middle name, after my paternal grandmother. I've always loved this name, although as a child as soon as anyone realised I had this as a middle name they would start calling me "Florence Nightingale" over and over again. Grr.

In Spanish the name is FLORENCIA (pronounced Flo-ren-see-a with a subtle r). I really like it !

Florence Henderson played Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch.

Florence Lawrence (1886-1938), "The First Movie Star".

Florence Dombey is a character in Charles Dickens' novel "Dombey and Son."

This name used to be unisex, but as a boy's name it is totally unknown today, having last featured in the boys' top 1,000 in the United States in the first decade of the 20th century.

Florence Nightingale (female) was a nurse during a battle.

Florence Owens Thompson (September 1, 1903 - September 16, 1983) was the subject of six Great Depression-era photographs by renowned photographer Dorothea Lange. Of the six photographs, all taken the same day in 1936, the most famous was entitled 'Migrant Mother'.

I can't really picture this name on males. It definitely sounds feminine to me. I'm not very fond of most names that end in the 's' sound, Iris, Beatrice, Bellatrix, and Alice being exceptions, and the name is quite old-fashioned. I'm not too enamored of the very strong Florence Nightingale association either, as I've heard that she didn't support women's suffrage. So, I wouldn't use the name.

I don't usually like place names, but Florence doesn't seem as forced and it has a calm elegance about it. I like Flora as a nickname.

I love this name, especially since it's not that common nowadays.

I really like this name, I find it very pretty. I've never thought of it as a masculine name, though.

I think Florence is a pretty name. You could shorten it to Flo, which is also good. Wouldn't you like to have an auntie Flo?

In Italy itself the city of Florence is called Firenze, so women named for it are called Firenza - an exotic alternative to Florence, I think.

More properly, the Italian version of the name is doubtless "Fiorenza", from the medieval name of the city (see Dante's "Commedia", "Inferno" XXVI).

In any case, "Firenza" would be a pretty interesting version of the name (even if very strange for an Italian-speaking audience).

One of the only obvious place names that works as a name without being silly. I adore it on a female.

A famous bearer of this name is British singer Florence Welch, lead singer of the indie pop band Florence & The Machine.

Hungarian born Florence Vassy is the main character in Benny Anderson, Tim Rice, and Bjorn Uvaelus's rock musical Chess.

Florence Leontine Mary Welch, British singer of Florence & the Machine (winner of the 2010 British Album Award for her album "Lungs") bears this name.

It's old-fashioned but classy. It makes me think of the Renaissance, high art, etc. Florence is great European city with much history behind it. I just hate the nickname Flo.

I can't stand Florence as a female name, but I love it as a male name. I know most people consider it too feminine for a man, but I don't get that impression at all. I guess I just really like male names that end with -ence.

A male bearer is Florence (Yami Bakura) from Yugioh the Abridged Series. He's British.

I think Florence is a very beautiful name. It has a certain flair to it. This name reminds me of a cunning and beautiful girl.

I am absolutely in love with this name! The way it's written looks so beautiful and graceful for some reason. "Florence." A great nickname would be Flor or Flora. I would love to name my daughter this someday.

I can't picture this on a female. It's a very classy male name, though.

Florence doesn't really seem like a masculine name, especially when it sounds like something to do with flowers.

The late Florence Ballard, who was a member of the '60s Motown girl group The Supremes or Diana Ross and The Supremes, was a famous bearer.

Florence is a very sweet name.

Florence Chadwick was the first woman to swim across the English Channel in both directions.

Pronounced Flur-ence.

L.o.v.e. this name.

Florence Mabel Harding was the wife of the 29th president of the United States of America, Warren G. Harding.

Florence was the first name of the late early American actress Evelyn Nesbit. She was born Florence Evelyn Nesbit on 25 December 1884.

Very pretty name. It's starting to become popular again too :)

This is my name, I am 15 years old and this name has been great throughout my life! I wouldn't change it for anything!
The name is a timeless classic which has come back into fashion with a bang! It is strong and solid and you cannot go wrong with it!
I could go on all day about how grateful I am to carry this name, without being biased in the slightest :-)!

I recall reading in a British newspaper a couple of years ago that this name is resurging in popularity. The newspaper attributed it to the influence of Florence Welch, the red-haired singer of Florence and the Machine.

Such a pretty name, really unique too. Although I was surprised to see it's also considered a masculine name, I could never imagine a boy named Florence!

Also the name of Florence Welch, lead singer of the British alternative pop band Florence and the Machine.