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Girl · Italian, of Germanic origin
Bianca
Say it: BYAN-kah
Meaning
From Italian bianco 'white', a word of Germanic origin (blank 'bright, white').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
An Italian name that became widely used in Romania in recent decades.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 74,349 babies given this name since 1905
- At its height in 1991, about 1 in 488 girls
- 719 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Blanche |
|---|---|
| French | Blanche |
| Spanish | Blanca |
| Portuguese | Branca |
Famous bearers
- Bianca Maria Sforza, Holy Roman Empress
- Bianca Cappello, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
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Where this comes from
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.