Given name & surname
Blas
“one with a lisp or a stammer”
Blas is a variant of Blaise. One French interpretation is “one with a lisp or a stammer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Blas is a variant of Blaise. One French interpretation is “one with a lisp or a stammer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Blas is a variant of Blaise. An origin associated with Blaise is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Blas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,921
- 2,921 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,503 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,503 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,070 as a first name in 2020; 4,243 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Blas’s family of names
Blas shares a linguistic root with Blaise. In Spanish usage, Blas has a conventional equivalent in the German form Blasius. Blas has a related form in Blaise.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Blas has relatives in 7 languages.
8 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Blas
- Blas CantóSpanish singerborn 1991
- Blas PérezPanamanian footballerborn 1981
- Blas de OteroSpanish poet (1916–1979)
- Blas InfanteAndalusian politician (1885–1936)
- Blas de LezoSpanish admiral (1689-1741)
- Blas Roca CalderioCuban politician (1908–1987)
- Blas PiñarSpanish politician (1918–2014)
- Blas GiuntaArgentine footballer and managerborn 1963
- Blas CabreraSpanish physicist (1878-1945)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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