Hortense
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About Hortense
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).
Pronounced hor-TENS.
As of October 2026, Hortense ranked #8509 in US births in 1976 SSA, peaked at #378 in 1903.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Hortense on lists
Famous Hortenses
- 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"
Variations & nicknames
- OrtensiaItalian