Florence (name)

Florence or Florens , is a male given name that is also used as a family name.

origin

The name is a (originally Dutch) variant of the Latin name Florentin . For the meaning see there. Other variants are: Fiorente, Fiorentino, Fiorento, Fiorenzo , Fiorenzino, Florento, Florenzio or Florenzo.

Well-known namesake

Surname

• Florens I (around 1020; † 1061), Count of Holland
• Florens II (* around 1080; † 1122), Count of Holland
• Florens III. (* around 1138 - † August 1, 1190), Count of Holland
• Florens IV (1210–1234), Count of Holland and Zeeland
• Florens V (1254–1296), Count of Holland
• Florence the Black (around 1115, † 1133), Dutch count and rebel
• Florens the Vogt (* around 1228; † 1258), regent in Holland
• Florence of Hainaut (1255–1297), Prince of Achaia
• Florence von Wevelinghoven (around 1330–1393), canon in Cologne, bishop of Münster and Utrecht

First name

• Florens von Bockum-Dolffs (1802–1899), Prussian civil servant and liberal parliamentarian
• Florens Deuchler (1931–2018), Swiss art historian and medievalist
• Florence von dem Felde (1643–1714), German Benedictine, abbot of Corvey
• Florens Felten (* 1941), German classical archaeologist
• Florens Christian Rang (1864–1924), German Protestant theologian, politician and writer
• Florence Sartorius (1846–1925), German mechanic and entrepreneur
• Florens Schmidt (* 1984), German actor, musician and voice actor
• Florence Friedrich Sigismund (1791–1877), German lawyer and poet
• Florence Ziegfeld junior (1867–1932), American theater and film producer

family name

• Hans Florenz (* 1953), German composer
• Josef Florenz , purveyor to the Austrian royal court
• Karl Florenz (1865–1939), German researcher on Japan
• Karl-Heinz Florenz (* 1947), German politician (CDU)
• Vincent Florens (* 1971), Mauritian ecologist