Girl
Hortense
As a girl's name, Hortense is understood to mean "garden". It seems to have quietly disappeared from birth records after the 1920s. Today, it is seldom chosen in the registry. The registry counts around 5,659 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
FrenchFrench, from Latin "hortus"
EtymologyMeaning "garden"
Births by decade
1900s
637
1910s
1,693
1920s
1,794
1930s
713
1940s
424
1950s
265
1960s
104
1970s
29
1980s
0
1990s
0
2000s
0
2010s
0
Peaked in the 1920s · 5,659 total U.S. births since 1900