Florence
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. Borrowed from French Florence f, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze. The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Florence (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Florence has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | – |
| 2004 | 7 | – |
| 2005 | – | – |
| 2006 | 7 | – |
| 2007 | 2 | – |
| 2008 | 2 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | – |
| 2014 | 14 | – |
| 2015 | 22 | – |
| 2016 | 21 | – |
| 2017 | 28 | – |
| 2018 | 31 | – |
| 2019 | 43 | – |
| 2020 | 41 | – |
| 2021 | 40 | 2 |
| 2022 | 47 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 732 |
| 2000 | 714 |
| 2001 | 710 |
| 2002 | 711 |
| 2003 | 707 |
| 2004 | 708 |
| 2005 | 700 |
| 2006 | 699 |
| 2007 | 688 |
| 2008 | 685 |
| 2009 | 677 |
| 2010 | 675 |
| 2011 | 678 |
| 2012 | 674 |
| 2013 | 680 |
| 2014 | 679 |
| 2015 | 694 |
| 2016 | 711 |
| 2017 | 732 |
| 2018 | 764 |
| 2019 | 796 |
| 2020 | 829 |
Florence in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Florence.Hi! My name is Florence.
- Florence bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Florence lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Florence i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Florence this afternoon.
- Florences mamma är lärare.Florence's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Florences mamma is Florence's mum.
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Questions about Florence
How do you pronounce Florence in Swedish?
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What does the name Florence mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. Borrowed from French Florence f, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze. The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.
How popular is Florence in Sweden?
47 babies were named Florence in 2022. In 2020, 829 people in Sweden had Florence as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.