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Blanca - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Blanca
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. blan-ca, bl-a-nca ] The girl name Blanca is pronounced BLAANGKah KEY. Blanca's language of origin is Old French. It is predominantly used in the Italian and Spanish languages. Blanca is a form of Blanche (English and French).

Blanca is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still a somewhat popular baby girl name, but not to the degree it was before. The name's popularity rose from the 1940s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest peak of its usage in 1990, 0.032% of baby girls were given the name Blanca. It had a ranking of #397 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in popularity since then. In 2007, it ranked at #965 with a usage of 0.013%, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all girl names in its family.

Baby names that sound like Blanca include Blanka (Czech, German, Hungarian, Polish, and Slavic), Blanch (English), and Blanche (English and French).

KEY: English pronunciation for Blanca: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; 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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