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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Florence f. Latin florentia 'blooming, flowery, in flowers'. Fem. of Florent.

Cf. also the closely related name Floretia.

England
Latin
● 1553 Florencia (nom) StMartF p. 57
Early Modern English
● 1554 Florence bruton1 p. 26; 1555 Florence ibid. p. 108; 1560 Florence ibid. p. 3; 1561 Florence COmar-vol5 p. 2; 1563 Florence DEmar-vol1 p. 81; 1564 Florence BUmar-vol9 p. 4, bruton1 p. 34; 1566 Florans COmar-vol5 p. 3; 1571 Florence bruton1 p. 113; 1572 Flourence BEmar-vol2 p. 96; 1576 Florance COmar-vol2 p. 101; 1577 Flarance COmar-vol5 p. 127; 1582 Florance ibid. p. 85; 1583 ffrorence RegSoAMar p. 11; 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 bruton1 p. 53; 1594 Florence DEmar-vol1 p. 87
France
Old French
● 1296 Florence paris1296 p. 33
Middle French
● 1562 Florence RegPCC-1 p. 14; 1563 Florence ibid. p. 29; 1565 Fleurence ibid. p. 154, Florence ibid. p. 159; 1566 Florence ibid. p. 236; 1568 Fleurence ibid. p. 419; 1570 Florence ibid. p. 544; 1571 Florence ibid. p. 464
◑ 1563 Florentine RegPCC-1 p. 23
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Florenzia (nom) BBC-Berg 1580
Spain
Latin
◑ 1488 Florentina (nom) carbonell-I p. 16; 1490 Florentina (nom) ibid. p. 44, Florintinae (gen) ibid.; 1491 Florentina (nom) ibid. p. 60
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Florence". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Florence.