Etymology

• The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city

Proper noun

1. A province of Tuscany, Italy.
2. The capital city of the province Florence.

Quotations

• 1840 William Gilmore Simms, Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi, Donohue, Henneberry, 1890, page 398

  It is a sweet name, Florence, but not as sweet as herself. But you shall see her with you own eyes.

• 2006 Sophie Hannah, Little Face, Soho, 2007, ISBN 1569474680, page 3

  I am glad that I chose the name Florence for my daughter, a real name with a history, rather than something that sounds as if it has been made up by a fifteen-year-old pop star's marketing team.