Blas

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Blas

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Meaning

From Latin Blasius, probably from blaesus 'lisping'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1880s

In the United States

2,825 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1880, about 1 in 18,400 boys
16 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Galician	Brais
Catalan	Blai
Portuguese	Brás

Famous bearers

Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral

Names worth a look

DonatoBoyFrom Latin donatus 'given'.Middle Ages · peak 1926 · forgotten

LazarusBoyGreek form of Hebrew El'azar, 'God has helped'.Biblical · peak 2018 · forgotten

IsidoreBoyFrom Greek Isis, the Egyptian goddess, and dōron 'gift'.Greece · peak 1914 · forgotten

BartholomewBoyAramaic bar Talmai, 'son of Talmai'; the meaning of Talmai itself is uncertain.Biblical · peak 1885

IsidoroBoyFrom Greek Isidōros 'gift of Isis'.Early Medieval · peak 1929

JoachimBoyHebrew Yehoyaqim, 'YHWH will raise up, establish'.Biblical · peak 1928

BlaiseBoyFrom Latin Blasius, probably from blaesus 'lisping'.Early Medieval · peak 2015

BolesławBoyFrom Slavic bole 'more, greater' and sława 'glory'.Early Medieval · forgotten

Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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