Florentine
Florentine is a feminine given name . The male counterpart to this is Florentin (Florens, Florian ).
Origin and meaning
The name Florentina is an abbreviated form of the Latin name Florentius , which literally means “the blooming one” and in other words “the highly respected”.
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Variations
- Florence
- Florentina or Florentyna
Well-known namesake
- Florentine Gebhardt (1865–1941), German writer and teacher
- Florentine Goswin-Benfer (1883–1968), Westphalian native writer
- Florentine Joop (* 1973), German children's book illustrator, painter and author
- Florentine Lahme (* 1974), German actress
- Florentine Mütherich (1915–2015), German art historian
- Florentine Rost van Tonningen (1914–2007), Dutch right-wing extremist