Blandina

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Blandina

Say it: blan-DEE-nuh

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Meaning

Latin, from blandus 'flattering, charming'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Still used occasionally in France as Blandine.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

72 babies given this name since 1889
At its height in 1889, about 1 in 29,700 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Early Christian Latin French Italian

The family of the name

French	Blandine
Italian	Blandina
Spanish	Blandina

Famous bearers

Blandina, slave martyred at Lyon in 177

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BelindaGirlUncertain. It appears in English literature from the late 17th century and was used by Alexander Pope in The Rape of…Revolutions · peak 1961 · forgotten

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

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.