Blanche (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | White |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Bianca, Blanca, Branca, Blandine |
Blanche is a feminine given name. It means "white" in French, derived from the Late Latin word "blancus".[1][2] It is a popular 20th-century name in England.
People
French royalty
- Blanche of Castile (1188–1252), Queen of France, granddaughter of Blanca of Navarre (daughter of Garcia VI)
- Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France (Blanche d'Évreux, 1330–1398)
- Blanche of France, Infanta of Castile (1253–1323), daughter of King Louis IX of France, wife of Fernando, the eldest son of Alfonso X of Castile
- Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria (c. 1278–1305), daughter of King Philip II of France, wife of Rudolf I of Bohemia
- Blanche of France (nun) (1313–1358), daughter of King Philip V of France
- Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (1328–1382), posthumous daughter of King Charles IV of France, Duchess consort of Orleans
- Blanche of Burgundy, Queen of France
- Blanche of Navarre, Queen of Castile (after 1133 – 1156), daughter of García Ramírez of Navarre, wife of King Sancho III of Castile
- Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne (died 1229), Countess of Champagne and regent of Navarre
- Blanche of Artois (1248–1302), queen consort and regent of Navarre
- Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany (1226–1283), also known as Blanche of Champagne, wife of duke John I of Brittany
- Blanche I of Navarre (1385–1441), queen regnant of Navarre, wife of John II of Navarre
- Blanche II of Navarre (1424–1464), daughter of Blanche I of Navarre; pretender of Navarre, divorced Queen of Castile
Other nobility
- Blanche of Namur (1320–1363), queen-consort of Norway and Sweden
- Duchess Blanche of England (1392–1409), also known as Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of King Henry IV
- Blanche of Brittany (1271–1327), mother of Robert III of Artois
- Blanche of Sicily, wife of Robert III of Flanders
- Blanche of Anjou (1280–1310), wife of James II of Aragon
- Lady Blanche Arundell (1583 or c. 1584–1649), wife of Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour
- Blanche de Brienne, Baroness Tingry (c. 1252–c. 1302)
- Blanche del Carretto (1432–1458), Lady Consort of Monaco
- Lady Blanche, daughter of Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
- Blanche of Valois (1316–1348), wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Other people
- Blanche (singer), stage name of Belgian singer and songwriter Ellie Delvaux
- Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist and biographer, second wife of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke
- Blanche Hermine Barbot (1842 - 1919), Belgian-American musical director and pianist
- Blanche Baker, actress
- Blanche Bates, actress
- Blanche Bingley (1863–1946), English tennis player
- Blanche Bolduc (1906/1907–1998), Canadian folk singer
- Blanche Brillon Macdonald (1931–1985), Canadian Métis politician
- Blanche Bruce (1841–1898), first African-American to serve a full term in the United States Senate
- Blanche Calloway, 1930s African-American jazz singer
- Blanche Crozier (1881–1957), Canadian actress
- Blanche Wiesen Cook (born 1941), American professor of history and author
- Blanche Deschamps-Jéhin (1857–1923), French operatic contralto
- Blanche Dugdale (1880–1948), British author and Zionist
- Blanche Friderici (1878—1933), American film and stage actress
- Blanche Gardin (born 1977), French actress, comedian and writer
- Blanche Jenkins (active 1872–1915), British portrait painter
- Blanche Lazzell, modernist painter and printmaker
- Blanche Douglass Leathers, first female steamboat captain
- Blanche Lincoln (born 1960), former U.S. Senator from Arkansas
- Blanche Martin (born 1937), American Football League player in 1960
- Blanche McManus (1869–1935), American writer and artist
- Blanche L. McSmith (1920-2006), American politician
- Blanche Hoschedé Monet (1865–1947), French painter, both stepdaughter and daughter-in law of Claude Monet
- Blanche Oelrichs, actress and poet
- Blanche Ravalec, actress
- Blanche Roddick, mother of tennis player Andy Roddick
- Blanche Scott (1885–1970), possibly the first American woman aviator
- Blanche Sweet (1896–1986), American early silent film actress
- Blanche Thebom, operatic soprano
- Blanche Walsh, actress
- Blanche Yurka (1887–1974), American stage and film actress and director
Fictional characters
- Blanche, an ostrich villager in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and New Horizons
- Blanche Devereaux, in the television series The Golden Girls and The Golden Palace
- Blanche DuBois, in the play A Streetcar Named Desire and its adaptations
- The title character of the 1948 British film Blanche Fury, played by Valerie Hobson
- Blanche Hunt, the character in the British soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by Maggie Jones
- Blanche Ingram, from the novel Jane Eyre
- Madamoiselle Blanche De Cominges, from Dostoyevsky's novel The Gambler
- Blanche White, in the board game Cluedo (Clue in US)
- Blanca Trueba, in Isabel Allende's novel The House of the Spirits
- Blanche Buck, in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde
- Blanche, a white cat in 1977 Japanese surrealistic horror film Hausu
- Blanche, Kaede Saitou's angel in the anime and manga series Angelic Layer
- Blanche Norton, from the 1950s comedy show, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Bea Benaderet played the character.
- Blanche, Team Mystic's leader from 2016 mobile game Pokémon Go.
- Sister Blanche, in Francis Poulenc's opera Dialogues of the Carmelites.
See also
References
- ^ Katsev, Igor (2013). Origin and Meaning of Blanche. MFnames.com, 2013. Retrieved from http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/b/origin-and-meaning-of-blanche.htm Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2006). Blanche. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press, 2006. Print ISBN 9780195081374. Ebook ISBN 9780195188417. Retrieved from http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-5358?rskey=xQs8Pm&result=5358.
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