What does Blanche mean?

Blanche means "white, bright, beautiful"

How do we pronounce Blanche?

Blanche \blan-(c)he, bl-an-che\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby girl name Blanche is pronounced in English as BLAENCH or in French as BLAON-SH 1.

1 Pronunciation for Blanche: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)"

What is the origin of Blanche?

Blanche's language of origin is Hungarian, Italian, and Old French, and it is used predominantly in English and French. Old French origin: Derived from blanc 'white, bright, beautiful' ; blanco 'white' ; blanche 'white' ; bianco 'white'. The name is from words of various Romance languages, and ultimately from the Germanic blanc ('white, bright, beautiful'). The name was originally given to blondes; a fair complexion and light blonde hair has been the traditional European and aristocratic notion of beauty. The name has been borne by several members of royalty, such as Blanche of Castile (1188-1252), queen of Louis VIII of France; Blanche of Artois (1248-1302), queen of Henry I; and Duchess Blanche of Lancaster (1345-1369), the heroine of The Book of the Duchess (1369-1372), an elegy written by Chaucer to commemorate her death. The given name was introduced into England by the Normans, however it was not used considerably in the medieval period. It saw a brief revival at the end of the 19th century, and was later made known by the character Blanche Du Bois in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire (1949), which was made into a successful film (1951) starring Vivien Leigh as the female lead. Blanche is a variation (English) of name Bela meaning (Czech, English, and Russian). Blanche can also be a variation (French) of Bianca pronounciation (English, Italian, Romanian, German, Hungarian, and Spanish). Blanche has 13 variations that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variations consist of name Blancha meaning, name Blanchette, and Blanshe meaning of name. Another English form is the spelling variant Blanch name popularity. Variations of Blanche used in foreign languages consist of baby name Bela (Czech), Bianca meaning and origin (German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish), Bianchi name variations (Spanish), name Bianka origin (German and Hungarian), meaning of Blanca (Italian and Spanish), Blanka meaning (Czech, German, Hungarian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Slavic), nicknames for Blanquita (Spanish), Blenda definition (Scandinavian), and baby name Branca (Galician and Portuguese).

List of baby names that is pronounced like Blanche:

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The baby name Blanche fun facts:

The name Blanche in reverse order is "Ehcnalb".

The numerological value of the name Blanche is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Blanche?

Blanche is not in the top girl names in USA.