Florence (given name)

Florence (French, the Blossoming ' from Latin florere, bloom ' PPA ' florens, florentis ",' of / / the Flowering ') is a female first name.

Famous names winners

A

• Florence Arthaud ( b. 1957 ), French skipper
• Florence Aubenas ( born 1961 ), French journalist

B

• Florence Baker (1841-1916), British Africa researcher
• Florence Ballard (1943-1976), American singer
• Florence Barsosio (born 1976 ), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Florence Baverel -Robert ( b. 1974 ), French biathlete
• Florence Bell (1910-1998), Canadian track and field athlete and Olympic champion

C

• Florence Cestac ( b. 1949 ), French illustrator
• Florence Chadwick (1918-1995), American long-distance swimmer

E

• Florence Ekpo - Umoh (* 1977), German, former Nigerian athlete
• Florence Eldridge; actually Florence McKechnie (1901-1988), American actress

G

• Florence von Gerkan ( born 1960 ), German costume designer and professor at the University of Arts Berlin
• Florence Griffith Joyner (1959-1998), American track and field athlete
• Florence Griswold (1850-1937), American teacher
• Florence Guérin (born 1965 ), French actress

B

• Florence Harding (1860-1924), First Lady of the United States (1921-1923)
• Florence Hawley Ellis (1906-1991), American anthropologist, ethnographer and archaeologist
• Florence Henri (1893-1982), American photographer and painter
• Florence Hervé ( b. 1944 ), German - French author

J

• Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944), American soprano
• Florence Joy (* 1986), German singer and actress

L

• Florence Lawrence (actually Florence Annie Bridgwood; 1886-1938 ), Canadian- American silent film actress

M

• Florence Malgoire ( b. 1960 ), French violinist
• Florence Marryat (1837-1899), English writer
• Florence Masnada ( b. 1968 ), French alpine skier

N

R

• Florence Marjorie Robertson (1904-1986), British actress

S

• Florence Rena Sabin (1871-1953), American physician and scientist
• Florence Oboshie Sai - Coffie, Ghanaian politician
• Florence Steurer ( b. 1949 ), French alpine skier

V

• Florence Vidor (1895-1977), American silent film actress

W

• Florence Leontine Mary Welch ( born 1986 ), English singer

Bearers of the name

• Florence Estienne Méric Casaubon (1599-1671), English scholar
• Florence Crauford Grove (1838-1902), British mountaineer
• Florence of Worcester; also Florentius Wigorniensis († 1118), English Benedictine monk and chronicler

• Female first name