Given name & surname
Blase
“one with a lisp or a stammer”
Blase is a variant of Blaise. One French interpretation is “one with a lisp or a stammer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Blase 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
Blase 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Blase through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 779
- 779 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 16 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 boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 585 as a first name in 2020; 1,373 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.
Blase’s family of names
Blase has a related form in Blaise. In English usage, Blase has a conventional equivalent in the French form Blaise. In English usage, Blase has a conventional equivalent in the German form Blasius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Blase has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Blase
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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