Blanche

blanche Translingual Proper noun A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Emanuel Blanche (1824-1908). English Alternative forms en Blanch Etymology From en fro blanc white. The surname originated as a nickname, or as a matronymic. Proper noun en female French. en French. Quotations en 1605 Camden William w:William Camden Remains Concerning Britain John Russell Smith (1870) 55 But the Ambassadours enquiring each of their names, took offence at Urraca, and made choice of the Lady Blanche, saying, That her name would be better received in France than the other, as signifying fair and beautiful, according to the verse made in her honour,"Candida, candescens candore, & cordis & oris." en 1878 Margaret Laurence Jones Every Day: A Story Remington and co. 61–62 Dorothy averred that Miss Potter was the second person with so little taste, as to appropriate the royal name of Blanche to a waiting-maid. An acquaintance, having a housemaid, whose full name was Catherine Blanche, always addressed her by her surname, Blanche, considering Catherine too romantic a name for a servant. en 1994 Barbara Neely Blanche Among the Talented Tenth St Martin's Press 0312112483 27 "To the irony of the person who named you — although you must catch hell, Blanche White." Blanche couldn't remember the last time anyone had spoken to her directly about the contrast between her color and her name. Related terms en Dent Blanche en Bianca Translations female given name Catalan: ca Blanca Cherokee: chr Ꮖ̃ᎴᏅᏥ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 布蘭奇 f Bùlánqí Czech: cs Blanka, cs Bianka, cs Běla Dutch: nl Blanca French: fr Blanche Galician: gl Branca German: de Bianka, de Blanka Hungarian: hu Bianka Inuktitut: iu ᑉᓛᓐᑦᔅ Italian: it Bianca Latin: la Blanca Polish: pl Blanka f Portuguese: pt Branca f Romanian: ro Blanca, ro Bianca Russian: ru Бланка Slovak: sk Blanka, sk Bianka Slovene: sl Blanka Spanish: es Blanca Swahili: sw Blanchi Swedish: sv Blanka French Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Blanche.wav France Proper noun f fr female Proper noun mf fr Noun f fr Blanc Further reading