Boy · Latin
Blaise
Say it: BLEZ
Meaning
From Latin Blasius, probably from blaesus 'lisping'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Honouring Saint Blaise, used since the Middle Ages.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 8,383 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 6,800 boys
- 272 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Early ChristianLatinFrenchSpanishItalianGermanPolishHungarianCroatian
The family of the name
| French | Blaise |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Blas |
| Italian | Biagio |
| Portuguese | Brás |
| German | Blasius |
| Polish | Błażej |
| Russian | Vlasiy |
| Hungarian | Balázs |
Famous bearers
- Blaise of Sebaste, martyr invoked for throat ailments
- Blaise Pascal, French mathematician
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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