Girl · Latin
Hortense
Say it: or-TAHNSS
Meaning
From the Roman family name Hortensius, probably from hortus 'garden'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Fashionable in the Napoleonic era and rare today.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 6,313 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1903, about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Ortensia |
|---|---|
| English | Hortensia |
Famous bearers
- Hortense de Beauharnais, queen of Holland
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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