Given name & surname · also Latin
Blaze
“one with a lisp or a stammer”
Blaze is a form of Blaise. One French interpretation is “one with a lisp or a stammer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Blaze is a form of Blaise. One French interpretation is “one with a lisp or a stammer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and American naming traditions.
How it developed
Blaze is used as a form of Blaise.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Blaze through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,110
- 8,508 boys · 602 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 373 babies
- 2025
- 353
- #781 for boys · #4,896 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 94% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 326 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 781 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 354 in 2015. It also appeared in 27 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (40). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,338 as a first name in 2020; 1,059 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.
Blaze’s family of names
Blaze has a related form in Blaise. Blaze is a form of Blaise. Blaze has a related form in Blaize.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Blaze has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Blaze
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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