Hortense

From the French form of the Latin Hortēnsia, feminine form of Hortēnsius (“name of a Roman gens”), probably derived from hortēnsis (“having to do with gardens”) on the basis that the first to bear the name was a gardener.

• (Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔː(ɹ)tɛns/, /hɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛns/
• (French-style) IPA^(key): /(h)ɔː(ɹ)tɑ̃s/

Hortense

1. A female given name from French.
   • 1883, Sophie Swett, “All the Plums”, in St. Nicholas Magazine, Vol.10, Part 1, page 34:

     Her name was Mabel Hortense, and the children were very proud of having a cousin who lived in the city and was named Mabel Hortense. At Damsonfield Four Corners, where they lived, all the little girls were name Mary Jane or Sarah Ann or Lucy Maria, or, at the best, Hattie and Carrie; they had scarcely even heard so fine a name as Mabel Hortense.

2. An unincorporated community in Brantley County, Georgia, United States.

• Thoresen, honester

Borrowed from Latin Hortēnsia.

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.tɑ̃s/

Hortense f

1. a female given name from Latin