Hortense

or-TONSE

Latin

"of the garden"

Hortense Origin and Meaning

The name Hortense is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of the garden".

Hortense is actually the French feminine form of Hortensia, the name of a strong, politically active early Roman woman. Hortense began to be used in the English-speaking world in the nineteenth century. Napoleon had a stepdaughter named Hortense, it was the name of one of the main characters in the film Secrets and Lies and is also associated with novelist Hortense Calisher. As unappealing as it might be to most American parents, Hortense is now Number 155 in France (as of 2021).

Hortense Rank in US Top 1000

# 950 in the US

Hortense Popularity

• 1983 Nameberry 2024

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Famous People Named Hortense

• Hortense Eugénie Cécile de Beauharnais Queen consort of Louis Bonaparte of Holland; stepdaughter of Napoleon I
• Hortense Mancini Duchesse Mazarin, mistress of King Charles II of England
• Hortense Powdermaker American anthropologist
• Hortense Catherine Schneider French soprano
• Hortense Calisher American novelist
• Hortense Ellis Jamaican reggae singer
• Hortense Allart de Méritens aka Prudence de Saman L'Esbatx Italian,French feminist novelist
• Hortense Rhéa Belgian,French actress
• Hortense Diédhiou Senegalese Olympic judoka
• Eugénie Hortense Auguste Napoléone Princess of Leuchtenberg; Princess of Hohenzollern,Hechingen; granddaughter of Empress Josephine of France

Hortense in Pop Culture

• Hortense a Spotted Owl in the "Guardians of Ga'hoole" series
• Hortense Joseph a character in "Small Island" by Andrea Levy
• Hortense McDuck character in the "Scrooge McDuck" comics
• Hortense Sage character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Hortense "Horty" Hathaway a 1920s showgirl in the movie "Bloodhounds of Broadway"