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Blaise

Boy French #3598 in 2023

Blaise is a boy name of French origin.

Meaning of Blaise

Borrowed from Blaise in the Middle Ages and revived partly due to the modern - equivalent, from Blasius.

Popularity of Blaise

Popularity, 1913–2023

241 births in 2023

1913 2023

8,360 U.S. births recorded from 1913–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

2015

307 babies

First recorded

1913

110 years of history

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

Son of the right hand; son of the south

From Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from, from gloss=broom shrub + gloss=hill, dune

The standard English feminine form of Stephen

Possibly from brandr; by folk etymology seen as a feminine form of Brendan

A clipped or hypochoristic form of Joanna, from Joanna, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of which produced John and its many doublets

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.