Given name & surname · also French
Blunt
“blond”
Blunt is a surname from Anglo-Norman (ultimately Middle English).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Blunt goes back to Anglo-Norman blunt, meaning “blond.”
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Where it comes from
Blunt comes from Anglo-Norman, and ultimately from Middle English.
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How it developed
From Anglo-Norman blunt (“blond”), from Middle English blunt (“dull, stupid”).
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Blunt’s family of names
In English usage, Blunt as a surname has a diminutive in BLUNDELL. In English usage, Blunt as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Блант.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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