Given name & surname

Blank

“shining, pale, white”

Blank is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a Dutch and German surname, Blank goes back to a word meaning “shining, pale, white.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

As a Dutch and German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “shining, pale, white”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Blank’s family of names

In English usage, Blank as a surname has a related form in BLANC. In German usage, Blank as a surname has a related form in BLANCK. In German usage, Blank as a surname has a related form in PLANCK.

Walk Blank’s family in the name graph

BlankΜπλανκBlancPlanckPlankBlanck

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Around the world

Blank has relatives in 3 languages.

German

5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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