Given name
Blandine
“a mild-tempered woman”·“a flattering woman”
Blandine is a variant of Blanda. Interpretations include “a mild-tempered woman” and “a flattering woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Blandine is a variant of Blanda. Interpretations include “a mild-tempered woman” and “a flattering woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Blandine is a variant of Blanda. Blanda has been associated with Latin and Spanish naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Blandine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 357 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.
Blandine’s family of names
Blandine has a related form in Blanda. In French usage, Blandine has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Blandyna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Blandine
- Blandine DancetteFrench handball playerborn 1988
- Blandine EbingerGerman cabaret singer and actress (1899–1993)
- Blandine MertenGerman Roman Catholic nun (1883–1918)
- Blandine Yaméogoburkinabé actressborn 1960
- Blandine VerletFrench harpsichordist (1942–2018)
- Blandine BellavoirFrench actress and modelborn 1984
- Blandine KriegelFrench philosopherborn 1943
- Blandine Le CalletFrench writer and teacherborn 1969
- Blandine Gravina(1863-1941)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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