Blanche

Where Blanche comes from

From Old French blanc (“white”). The surname originated as a nickname, or as a matronymic.
— Wiktionary's entry for Blanche
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1387
    Blanche I of Navarre born
    Queen regnant of Navarre and queen consort of Sicily
  2. 1424
    Blanche II of Navarre born
    princess of the House of Aragon and queen pretendent of Navarre
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #59 among girls — 427 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1886
    Peak, #51
    787 babies named Blanche — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #364.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Blanche I of Navarre · Queen regnant of Navarre and queen consort of Sicily, 1387–1441
  • Blanche II of Navarre · princess of the House of Aragon and queen pretendent of Navarre, 1424–1464
  • Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France · French queen consort, 1331–1398
  • Blanche of Lancaster · English noblewoman and heiress, died 1368, 1342–1368
  • Blanche of Burgundy · Queen of France and Navarre, first wife of King Charles IV, 1296–1326

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.