Is Florence a boys name?

30-10-2019 09:57AM #1

In all serious my friend who’s gay has a boyfriend and he introduced me to him last night and I can’t stop laughing his name is Florence, surely there taking the piss. I had go hold it together till I got home when I told my nana she nearly choked on her Burger King lol

farmchoice · 30-10-2019 10:01AM

tajd wrote: »

In all serious my friend who’s gay has a boyfriend and he introduced me to him last night and I can’t stop laughing his name is Florence, surely there taking the piss. I had go hold it together till I got home when I told my nana she nearly choked on her Burger King lol

remember the TV show The Irish RM,there was a male character in that called Florrie, maybe that was an abbreviation of Florence. it was great fun the Irish RM,

the beer revolu · 30-10-2019 10:01AM

I had a male school teacher called Flor, it's not that unusual.
Flor Griffin electrical shops.

Balmed Out · 30-10-2019 10:02AM

Not even uncommon in older generations. Never met anyone called Flor?

Beechwoodspark · 30-10-2019 10:02AM

+1 for the Irish RM. great show. OP check it out it still holds up well production and plot wise

coleen · 30-10-2019 10:03AM

farmchoice wrote: »

remember the TV show The Irish RM,there was a male character in that called Florrie, maybe that was an abbreviation of Florence. it was great fun the Irish RM,

I also know a few male Florence’s some abbreviated to Flor or Florrie

Tony EH · 30-10-2019 10:05AM

Florence is a girls name around the world.

Florent or Florenz was sometimes used for boys, years ago, and often abbreviated to Florrie or Flor.

Ragnar Lothbrok · 30-10-2019 10:05AM

I once knew a boy named Sue. As mean as a rattlesnake.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 30-10-2019 10:05AM

Florence is an old traditional name of the head of the McCarthy clan. Not in use too much today but certainly a male name.

Conall Cernach · 30-10-2019 10:05AM

Florence O'Donoghue was an IRA intelligence officer in the War of Independence and later became a well respected historian and author.

Ragnar Lothbrok · 30-10-2019 10:08AM

Conall Cernach wrote: »

Florence O'Donoghue was an IRA intelligence officer in the War of Independence and later became a well respected historian and author.

I have the book "No Other Law", telling the story of General Liam Lynch, by Florence O'Donoghue.

Wayne Jarvis · 30-10-2019 10:10AM

It's a female name but And The Machine is a boy's surname.

branie2 · 30-10-2019 10:12AM

Mostly a girl's name, as far as I know

Melodeon · 30-10-2019 10:14AM

farmchoice wrote: »

remember the TV show The Irish RM,there was a male character in that called Florrie, maybe that was an abbreviation of Florence. it was great fun the Irish RM,

That was Flurry Knox, as played by the great Bryan Murray.
His full name was apparently Mr Florence McCarthy (Flurry) Knox.

Wikipedia item on the name 'Florence':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_(given_name)

Most commonly it's a female name nowadays, but was occasionally used as a male name, "particularly in Ireland where it was used as an anglicisation of Irish Finnian or Flaithrí."

farmchoice · 30-10-2019 10:21AM

Melodeon wrote: »

That was Flurry Knox, as played by the great Bryan Murray.
His full name was apparently Mr Florence McCarthy (Flurry) Knox.

Wikipedia item on the name 'Florence':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_(given_name)

Most commonly it's a female name nowadays, but was occasionally used as a male name, "particularly in Ireland where it was used as an anglicisation of Irish Finnian or Flaithrí."

remember the house keeper, she was always referred to as, ( what sounded to my ears like) Mrs. Kay-de-gone.

i could never figure out why they would chose such a strange surname for what was supposed to be a local Irish woman. it was years before i figured out it was the way the english were pronouncing ''cadogan''

jester77 · 30-10-2019 10:23AM

I never heard it used for a boys name. But at this stage, it seems anything goes. I have a male friend who's name is Jasmin. He has nothing but issues when dealing anything official, as more often than not think they think they are correcting his error and register him as female

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 30-10-2019 10:24AM

Very mature of you OP.

Do you laugh at your farts?

Florence is indeed a male name and is used widely in the likes of Germany.

sbsquarepants · 30-10-2019 10:26AM

As a boys name it's as gay as Mardi Gras, so quite possibly suits this bloke:D

It's even horrible as a girls name, would be a nice name for a town in Italy though.

HildaOgdenx · 30-10-2019 10:28AM

There's a long-standing solicitors practice in Loughrea, Co Galway, FG MacCarthy. The founder/ owner is called Florence. He isn't young, so yes, the name is a long time around as a man's name.

30-10-2019 10:28AM

It's pretty interesting how names just sound like a boy's name or a girl's.

Guess which of these Vietnamese names are usually male:

Bach
Kien
Phuong Anh
Vy
Cuong

Deebles McBeebles · 30-10-2019 10:29AM

Did you know....Flo Rida's first name is not Florence. Its Tramar.

Sardonicat · 30-10-2019 10:30AM

Florence is the name of the a city in Italy.

ToddyDoody · 30-10-2019 10:31AM

Similarly is Valentine a boys name.

Tony EH · 30-10-2019 10:34AM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Similarly is Valentine a boys name.

Yes.

HeidiHeidi · 30-10-2019 10:34AM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Similarly is Valentine a boys name.

As is Hilary

Idle Passerby · 30-10-2019 10:35AM

Florence only became popular as a Christian name after Florence Nightingale became famous during the Crimean War. She was called after the city where she was concieved.

jimgoose · 30-10-2019 11:23AM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Similarly is Valentine a boys name.

It is. "Valeri" is also a boy's name in Russia.

sligojoek · 30-10-2019 11:38AM

Joseph Mary Plunkett was another one.

enfield · 30-10-2019 11:39AM

Have a look here
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?searchMoreVisible=false&census_year=1911&surname=&firstname=florence&county19011911=&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&barony=&parish=&ward=&townland=&houseNumber=&familyId=&ded=&age=&sex=M&search=Search&ageInMonths=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&yearsMarried=&birthplace=&nativeCountry=&language=&deafdumb=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumber=&protNumber=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=

All these are males with the first name Florence in 1911.

Badly Drunk Boy · 30-10-2019 11:47AM

Ariella Witty Width wrote: »

Florence is indeed a male name and is used widely in the likes of Germany.

In Germany, Florian is more popular that Florence for a male, like Florian Schneider from Kraftwerk. I also deal with a few German Florians in work.

sbsquarepants wrote: »

As a boys name it's as gay as Mardi Gras, so quite possibly suits this bloke:D

Yeah, that's it. Being named Florence made him gay!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 30-10-2019 11:49AM

Ariella Witty Width wrote: »

Very mature of you OP.

Do you laugh at your farts?

Florence is indeed a male name and is used widely in the likes of Germany.

And Italy where it’s the name of a city and so appears in the address of everyone who lives there but mostly it’s a girls name and in Ireland is not common and not widely recognised as a male name.

Is Florence a boys name?

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