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Bianca - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bianca

[ 3 syll. bian-ca, bi-a-nca ] The girl name Bianca is pronounced BiyAANGKah KEY. Bianca's language of origin is Old French. It is predominantly used in German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish. Bianca is a variant of Blanche (English and French).

Bianca is a popular baby girl name. The name's popularity increased from the 1970s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of only very modest use. At the height of its usage in 1991, 0.189% of baby girls were named Bianca. It was #89 in rank then. The baby name has seen a drop in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #204 with a usage of 0.079%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family.

Baby names that sound like Bianca include Bianka (German and Hungarian), Benicia (Spanish), Bianchi (Spanish), Behnaz (English), and Binke (Hebrew).

A famous person named Bianca is Bianca Jagger, Activist, born Bianca Perez Morena De Macias 2 May 1945, Managua, Nicaragua.

KEY: English pronunciation for Bianca: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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