Derived from the Old French blanchir (to make white), which is from blanc (white). ... The name was originally used as a nickname for someone with pale blond hair and now often mistakenly thought to mean "blond."
Blanco Name Meaning. Spanish: nickname for a man with white or fair hair or a pale complexion, from blanco 'white'. Italian (Sicily): variant of Bianco, perhaps influenced by French blanc and Spanish (see 1 above).
Bland Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire called Bland, the origin of which is uncertain. Possibly it is from Old English (ge)bland 'storm', 'commotion' (from blandan 'to blend or mingle'), with reference to its exposed situation.
Latin Meaning: The name Blanda is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Blanda is: Mild.
English: habitational name from Blandford Forum and other places called Blandford in Dorset (Blaneford in Domesday Book), probably named in Old English with bl?ge 'gudgeon' (genitive plural blægna) + ford 'ford'. Similar surnames: Bradford, Sandford, Langford, Lansford, Blackford, Branford, Lanford.
Latin Meaning: The name Blandina is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Blandina is: Mild.
French form of the Roman name Blandina, which was the feminine form of Blandinus, which was itself a derivative of the cognomen BLANDUS. Saint Blandina was a 2nd-century slave from Lyons who was martyred by being thrown to wild beasts.
Blandon Name Meaning. Spanish (Blandón): Andalusian (Huelva, Sevilla), from blandón 'wax torch'.
Origin of the name Blaine: Transferred use of the Scottish surname meaning “the son of the disciple of Blaan (yellow) or Blane (the lean).” Var: Blayne.
Blaney Name Meaning. Irish (of Welsh origin): topographic name from Welsh blaenau, plural of blaen 'point', 'tip', 'end', i.e. uplands, or remote region, or upper reaches of a river.
