Blanche

French

"white"

Blanche Origin and Meaning

The name Blanche is a girl's name of French origin meaning "white".

Blanche, which originated as a nickname for a pale blonde and then became associated with the notion of purity, was in style a century ago, ranking in the double digits until 1920. She then had to fight the stereotype of faded Southern belle, a la Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and Blanche Devereaux in TV's Golden Girls. Now all three of the Golden Girls--Blanche, Rose and Dorothy--could be ready for revival, with Blanche sounding like a stronger, simpler alternative to Bianca.

A saint's name, Blanche was a royal name in France by the twelfth century, then was brought to England by the French wife of Henry I. One possible powerful namesake is Blanche Scott, one of the original daredevil aviatrixes. You might also take its meaning to relate to snow, making it one of the perfect winter baby names.

Blanche Rank in US Top 1000

# 911 in the US

Blanche Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 938 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Blanche

• 938 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Blanche

• Blanche of Castile Queen consort of Louis VIII of France
• Blanche of Lancaster mother of King Henry IV of England
• Blanche of Namur Queen,consort of Magnus Eriksson of Sweden and Norway
• Blanche of Valois Queen consort of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• Blanche of Anjou Queen consort of James II of Aragon
• Blanche of Burgundy Queen consort of Charles the Fair of France
• Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway American jazz singer, sister of singer Cab Calloway
• Blanche Baker American actress
• Blanche Bates American actress
• (Nettie) Blanche Lazzell American painter
• Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs American actress and poet
• Blanche Ravalec French actress
• Blanche Stuart Scott American aviatrix
• (Sarah) Blanche Sweet American silent film actress
• Blanche Douglass Leathers first American woman steamboat captain
• Blanche Thebom American operatic soprano
• Blanche Walsh American actress
• (Josephine) Blanche d'Alpuget Australian novelist and wife of Prime Minister Bob Hawke
• Blanche Frasure (Barrow) American outlaw of the Barrow Gang
• Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln U.S. Senator from Arkansas
• Blanche McManus American author and illustrator
• Blanche Rodriguez Calderara Italian lyricist and YouTuber
• Blanche Lovell mother of astronaut Jim Lovell, who was on Apollo 13
• (Ellie) Blanche Delvaux Belgian singer and song writer

The name Blanche in Pop Culture

• Blanche Devereaux character on TV's 'The Golden Girls'
• Blanche Ingram character in 'Jane Eyre'
• Blanche DuBois main character in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
• Blanche Evers the "prett" wife of Gordon Wright 'Confidence' (1880)
• Blanche Morton Gracie's neighbor & bestfriend 'Burns & Allen Show'
• Blanche Christina Hendricks's character in 'Drive' (2011 film)
• Dr Blanche Mottershead character from series "Upstairs Downstairs"
• Blanche Hunt character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Blanche Sinclair character from "This golden land" by Barbara Wood
• Blanche a character in Rachel Hartman's Seraphina duet
• Blanche the leader of Team Mystic in Pokémon Go
• Blanche Shlesinger dog of comedian Iliza Shlesinger
• Opal Blanche character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
• Blance Coday character in "The Rose Years" series by Roger Lea MacBride