# Hortense

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɔː(ɹ)tɛns/ · frequency rank #53,003

## Definitions
1. A female given name from French.
2. An unincorporated community in Brantley County, Georgia, United States.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hortense