Given name
Hortencia
“woman of the garden”
Hortencia is a variant of Hortensia. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the garden.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hortencia is a variant of Hortensia. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the garden.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hortencia is a variant of Hortensia. An origin associated with Hortensia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hortencia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,969
- 0 boys · 3,969 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 82 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,844 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,844 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,071 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.
Hortencia’s family of names
Hortencia has a related form in Hortensia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hortencia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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