Given name & surname
Bianka
“a shining, fair-skinned woman”
In German use, Bianka is a variant of Bianca. One Italian interpretation is “a shining, fair-skinned woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Bianka is a variant of Bianca. One Italian interpretation is “a shining, fair-skinned woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Bianka is a variant of Bianca. An origin associated with Bianca is Italian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Bianka developed from Bianca.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Bianka is a variant of Bianca. The history of Bianca gives this family its wider story. Shakespeare used Bianca in two Italian settings: she is Katharina’s sister in The Taming of the Shrew and another character in Othello. These literary associations sit alongside the name’s straightforward Italian word origin.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Bianka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,534
- 0 boys · 2,534 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 103 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,552 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,552 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 103 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,425 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bianka’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Bianka developed from the Italian form Bianca. In French usage, Bianka has a related form in Blanche. In German usage, Bianka has a related form in Bianca.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bianka has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bianka
- Bianka BušaSerbian volleyball playerborn 1994
- Bianka SchwedeEast German rowerborn 1953
- Bianka PanovaBulgarian rhythmic gymnastborn 1970
- Bianka LamadeGerman tennis playerborn 1982
- Bianka NagyHungarian canoeistborn 2000
- Bianka Bartha-KériHungarian female runnerborn 1994
- Bianka ZalewskaPolish journalistborn 1979
- Bianka PapHungarian Paralympic swimmerborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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