Florence
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Latin florentia 'blooming, flowery, in flowers'. Fem. of Florent.
Cf. also the closely related name Floretia.
- England
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- English
- ● 1554 Florence bruton-vol1 p. 26;
1560 Florence ibid. p. 3;
1563 Florence DEmar-vol1 p. 81;
1564 Florence BUmar-vol9 p. 4,
bruton-vol1 p. 34;
1572 Flourence BEmar-vol2 p. 96;
1576 Florance COmar-vol2 p. 101;
1586 Florence DEmar-vol1 p. 85;
1589 Florance BEmar-vol2 p. 130,
Florence DEmar-vol2 p. 19;
1591 Florence DEmar-vol1 p. 86;
1592 Florence ibid. p. 86,
DEmar-vol2 p. 25;
1593 Florence bruton-vol1 p. 53;
1594 Florence DEmar-vol1 p. 87
- France
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- Old French
- ● 1296 Florence paris1296 p. 33
- Spain
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- Latin
- ◑ 1488 Florentina (nom) carbonell p. 16;
1490 Florentina (nom) ibid. p. 44,
Florintinae (gen) ibid.
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Florence". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Florence.