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Blaise has 20 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Blaise used in English include Blaize, Blase, Blayze, and Blaze. Foreign variants of Blaise include Balázs (Hungarian), Biaggio (Italian), Biagio (Italian), Blai (Catalan), Blas (Spanish), Blasi (Provençal), Blaz (Slavic), Blazej (Czech and Polish), Brais (Galician), Bras (Portuguese), Braz (Portuguese), Vlaho (Russian), Vlas (Russian), Vlasi (Russian), Vlasis (Greek), and Vlassis (Greek). Blaise is a classic favorite. Today it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though it was in more widespread use previously. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1990s. At the modest height of its usage in 2002, 0.010% of baby boys were given the name Blaise. It ranked at #801 then. In 2007, its usage was 0.009% and its ranking #992. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Blaise, Blaze (English) was the most frequently used. In 2007, it was used 19% more than Blaise. Baby names that sound like Blaise include Blaize (English), Blase (English), Blayze (English), Blaze (English), Blake (English), Blas (Spanish), Blaz (Slavic), Balázs (Hungarian), Blasi (Provençal), and Blazej (Czech and Polish). KEY: Pronunciation for Blaise: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" A famous person named Blaise is Blaise Pascal, Philosopher, born 19 June 1623 - 19 August 1662, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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