Blaze - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 1 syll. bla-ze, bl-aze ] The boy name Blaze is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is BLEYZ ^KEY. Blaze is largely used in the English language and its origin is Latin. Derived literally from the element 'blaze'. The name is sometimes chosen for redheads, in reference to the English root word.

In addition, Blaze is an English variant of the name Blaise (English and French).

Blaze is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2003 with 0.012% of baby boys being given the name Blaze. Its ranking then was #726. In 2007, its usage was 0.011% and its ranking #876, and it was the most popular among all boy names in its group. In 2007, Blaze was more regularly used than the subsequent ranked name, Blaise (English and French), by 19% .

Baby names that sound like Blaze include Blaise (English and French), Blaize (English), Blase (English), Blayze (English), Blake (English), Blas (Spanish), Blaz (Slavic), Balázs (Hungarian), Blasi (Proven�al), and Blazej (Czech and Polish).

^KEY: Pronunciation for Blaze: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"

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