Given name
Florentina
“a flourishing woman; a blooming flower”
Florentina is a variant of Florence. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing woman; a blooming flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Florentina is a variant of Florence. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing woman; a blooming flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Florentina is a variant of Florence. An origin associated with Florence is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Latin use, Florentina is used as a feminine counterpart of Florentinus.
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 7th-century Spanish saint, sister of the other saints Fulgentius, Isidore, and Leander.
Florentina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,056
- 0 boys · 1,056 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,028 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,028 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,471 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Florentina’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Florentina has a diminutive in Tina. In German usage, Florentina is a feminine form of Florentinus. Florentina has a related form in Florence.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Florentina
- Saint FlorentinaChristian female saint501–615
- Florentina IuscoRomanian athlete and bobsledderborn 1996
- Florentina SpânuRomanian footballerborn 1985
- Florentina MosoraRomanian biophysicist1940–1996
- Florentina PakostaAustrian painter (born 1933)
- Florentina Gómez MirandaArgentine politician (1912-2011)
- Florentina StanciuRomanian handball playerborn 1982
- Florentina HolzingerAustrian choreographer, performance artist and stage directorborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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