Last name: FLORENCE

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FLORENCE : This last name is indexed 109,565 times on Geneanet!

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FLORENCE : 1: English: from the personal name Florence used by both sexes (from Latin masculine Florentius and feminine Florentia from florens ‘blooming flowering’ and ultimately from flos genitive floris ‘flower’). Both Latin names were borne by several early Christian martyrs.2: English: habitational name from Florence in Italy originally named in Latin as Florentia.3: French: from the female personal name Florence (see 1 above).

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