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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

FlorenceIn Hebrew: פלורנס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Florence (Hebrew: פלורנס) is a girl's name of international origin. 295 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1953, with 18 babies.

People in Israel
295
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1953
18 babies
USA, 2025
796
rank #391

Writing and saying Florence

In Hebrew letters the name is פלורנס, read right to left. Florence is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Florence by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Florence: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Florence in English-speaking countries

Florence in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025796#3911918 (11,318)
United Kingdom20252,023#62021 (2,253)
England and Wales20251,924#52021 (2,180)
Scotland202574#542025 (74)
Northern Ireland202525#842025 (25)
Ireland202522#1992016 (34)
British Columbia202318#1711932 (48)
Alberta202522#1962021 (25)
Quebec2025387#52021 (502)
New South Wales2025185#252021 (188)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Florence has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Florence

How do you write Florence in Hebrew?

Florence is written פלורנס in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Florence?

295 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פלורנס: 295 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Florence a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named פלורנס are women.

Is Florence used outside Israel?

The name Florence appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 796 girls were given it in 2025 (#391), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 2,023 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.