Blanche is a feminine given name. It means "

white White is the lightness, lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully diffuse reflection, reflect and scattering, scatter all the ...

" in French, derived from the

Late Latin Late Latin ( la, Latinitas serior) is the scholarly name for the form of Literary Latin of late antiquity.Roberts (1996), p. 537. English dictionary definitions of Late Latin date this period from the , and continuing into the 7th century in the ...

word "blancus".Katsev, Igor (2013). Origin and Meaning of Blanche. MFnames.com, 2013. Retrieved from http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/b/origin-and-meaning-of-blanche.htm .Hanks, Patrick (2006). Blanche. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press, 2006. Print . Ebook . Retrieved from http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-5358?rskey=xQs8Pm&result=5358. It is a popular 20th-century name in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

People

French royalty

Blanche of Castile Blanche of Castile ( es, Blanca de Castilla; 4 March 1188 – 27 November 1252) was Queen of France by marriage to Louis VIII. She acted as regent twice during the reign of her son, Louis IX: during his minority from 1226 until 1234, and duri ...

(1188–1252), Queen of France, granddaughter of Blanca of Navarre (daughter of Garcia VI) * Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France (Blanche d'Évreux, 1330–1398) *

Blanche of France, Infanta of Castile Blanche of France (French: ''Blanche de France'') (1253–1323) was a daughter of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. Biography Blanche was born in 1253 in Jaffa, County of Jaffa and Ascalon during the Seventh Crusade led by he ...

(1253–1323), daughter of King Louis IX of France, wife of Fernando, the eldest son of Alfonso X of Castile *

Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria Blanche of France (german: Blanca; – 1 March 1305), a member of the House of Capet, was Duchess of Austria and Styria as consort to the Habsburg Duke Rudolph III, eldest son of King Albert I of Germany. Life Blanche was born in Paris, the se ...

(c. 1278–1305), daughter of King Philip II of France, wife of Rudolf I of Bohemia *

Blanche of France (nun) Blanche of France (1313 – 26 April 1358), nun at Longchamp Abbey,The Abbey of Longchamp was in the Bois de Boulogne within a day's ride west of Paris. was the fourth and youngest daughter of King Philip V of France and Countess Joan II of Bur ...

(1313–1358), daughter of King Philip V of France *

Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans Blanche of France (1 April 1328 – 8 February 1393) was the posthumous daughter of King Charles IV of France and his third wife, Joan of Évreux (the daughter of Louis, Count of Évreux and Margaret of Artois). She was the last direct Capetia ...

(1328–1382), posthumous daughter of King Charles IV of France, Duchess consort of Orleans *

Blanche of Burgundy Blanche of Burgundy ( 1296 – 1326) was Queen of France and Navarre for a few months in 1322 through her marriage to King Charles IV the Fair. The daughter of Count Otto IV of Burgundy and Countess Mahaut of Artois, she was led to a dis ...

, Queen of France

Navarrese royalty

Blanche of Navarre, Queen of Castile Blanca ( eu, Blanka Garzeitz, es, Blanca Garcés; aft. 1133, Laguardia, Álava – August 12, 1156) was Queen of Castile, daughter of King García Ramírez of Navarre and his first wife, Margaret of L'Aigle. Blanca married Sancho III of Cast ...

(after 1133 – 1156), daughter of García Ramírez of Navarre, wife of King Sancho III of Castile *

Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne Blanche of Navarre (–1229) was Countess of Champagne by marriage to Theobald III, Count of Champagne, and regent of Champagne during the minority of her son Theobald I of Navarre between 1201 and 1222. Life Early life She was the youngest daug ...

(died 1229), Countess of Champagne and regent of Navarre *

Blanche of Artois Blanche of Artois ( eu, Blanka; 1248 – 2 May 1302) was Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne and Brie during her marriage to Henry I of Navarre. After his death she became regent in the name of their infant daughter, Joan I. She passed ...

(1248–1302), queen consort and regent of Navarre *

Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany Blanche of Navarre (1226 – 12 August 1283), also known as Blanche of Champagne, was the daughter of Theobald the Troubador, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne, and his second wife Agnes of Beaujeu. She was a member of the House of Champagne ...

(1226–1283), also known as Blanche of Champagne, wife of duke John I of Brittany *

Blanche I of Navarre Blanche I (6 July 1387Anthony (1931) states that she was the fourth-born daughter of King Charles III of Navarre by Queen Eleanor, and she was preceded by Joan, Maria and Margaret and the two latter died early. Anthony defines Blanche's exact bi ...

(1385–1441), queen regnant of Navarre, wife of John II of Navarre *

Blanche II of Navarre Blanche II ( es, Blanca, eu, Zuria; 9 June 1424 – 2 December 1464), was the titular Queen of Navarre between 1461 and 1464. She was the daughter of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre. She was also Princess of Asturias by marriage t ...

(1424–1464), daughter of Blanche I of Navarre; pretender of Navarre, divorced Queen of Castile

Other nobility

Blanche of Namur Blanche of Namur (Swedish and Norwegian: ''Blanka''; 1320–1363) was Queen of Norway and Sweden as the wife of King Magnus VII / IV. Background Blanche was the eldest daughter of John I, Marquis of Namur and Marie of Artois. On her father's ...

(1320–1363), queen-consort of Norway and Sweden *Duchess

Blanche of England Blanche of England, LG (spring 1392 – 22 May 1409), also known as Blanche of Lancaster, was a member of the House of Lancaster, the daughter of King Henry IV of England by his first wife Mary de Bohun. Family Born at Peterborough Castl ...

(1392–1409), also known as Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of King Henry IV *

Blanche of Brittany Blanche of Brittany (1271–1327) was a daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany, and his wife Beatrice of England. She is also known as Blanche de Dreux. Through her mother she was the granddaughter of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Pro ...

(1271–1327), mother of Robert III of Artois *Blanche of Sicily, wife of

Robert III of Flanders Robert III (1249 – 17 September 1322), also called Robert of Béthune and nicknamed The Lion of Flanders (''De Leeuw van Vlaanderen''), was the Count of Nevers from 1273 and Count of Flanders from 1305 until his death. History Robert was the o ...

Blanche of Anjou Blanche of Anjou (1280 – 14 October 1310) was Queen of Aragon as the second spouse of King James II of Aragon. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, she is also known as Blanche of Naples. She served as Regent or "Queen-Lieutenant" ...

(1280–1310), wife of James II of Aragon *

Lady Blanche Arundell Lady Blanche Arundell (née Lady Blanche Somerset; 1583 or – 28 October 1649) was an English noblewoman, known as the defender of Wardour Castle, where she defended the castle for nearly a week with just 25 men and her maidservants against a ...

(1583 or c. 1584–1649), wife of Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour *

Blanche de Brienne, Baroness Tingry Blanche de Brienne, Baroness Tingry (c. 1252 – c. 1302) was the wife of William II de Fiennes, Baron of Tingry (c. 1250 – 11 July 1302). She was also known as Dame de La Loupelande, and Blanche of Acre. Family Blanche was born in a ...

(c. 1252–c. 1302) *

Blanche del Carretto Blanche del Carretto (1432 – 1458), was Lady of Monaco by marriage to Catalan, Lord of Monaco Catalan Grimaldi (Catalano Grimaldi) (c. 1415–1457) was Lord of Monaco from 1454 until 1457. Sources 1415 births 1457 deaths 15th-cen ...

(1432–1458), Lady Consort of Monaco *Lady Blanche, daughter of

Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough (5 September 1818 – 13 August 1881), styled Viscount Campden between 1841 and 1866, was a British peer and Whig politician. Background Gainsborough was the only child of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of ...

Blanche of Valois Blanche of Valois (baptised ''Marguerite''; 1317–1348) was Queen of Germany and Bohemia by her marriage to King and later Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. She was the youngest daughter of Charles of Valois and his third wife Mahaut of Châtil ...

(1316–1348), wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Other people

Blanche (singer) Ellie Blanche Delvaux (; born 10 June 1999), better known as simply Blanche , is a Belgian singer and songwriter. She represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Ukraine with the song "City Lights", finishing in fourth place. Blanc ...

, stage name of Belgian singer and songwriter Ellie Delvaux *

Blanche d'Alpuget Josephine Blanche d'Alpuget (born 3 January 1944) is an Australian writer and the second wife of Bob Hawke, the longest-serving Labor Prime Minister of Australia. Background and early career D'Alpuget is the only child of Josephine Curgenve ...

(born 1944), Australian novelist and biographer, second wife of Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke *

Blanche Baker Blanche Baker (born December 20, 1956) is an American actress and filmmaker. She won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the television mini-series ''Holocaust''. Baker is known for her role as Ginny Baker in ''Sixteen Can ...

(born 1956), American actress *

Blanche Hermine Barbot Blanche Hermine Barbot (December 28, 1842 - December 17, 1919) was a Belgian-American musical director and pianist. Early life and education Blanche Hermine Petit was born in Brussels, Belgium. December 28, 1842. She was the daughter of Victor an ...

(1842–1919), Belgian-American musical director and pianist *

Blanche Barrow Blanche Barrow (born Bennie Iva Caldwell; January 1, 1911 – December 24, 1988) was the wife of the elder brother of Clyde Barrow, known as Buck. He became her second husband after his release from prison after a pardon. To her dismay, Buck j ...

(1911–1988), husband of

Buck Barrow Marvin Ivan "Buck" Barrow (March 14, 1905 – July 29, 1933) was a member of the Barrow Gang. He was the older brother of the gang's leader, Clyde Barrow. He and his wife, Blanche, were wounded in a gun battle with police four months after the ...

Blanche Bates Blanche Bates (August 25, 1873 – December 25, 1941) was an American actress. Early years Bates was born in Portland, Oregon, while her parents (both of whom were actors) were on a road tour. As an infant, she traveled with them on a t ...

(1873–1941), American actress *

Blanche Bernstein Blanche Bernstein (d. Jan. 27, 1993) was a welfare expert and controversial commissioner of the New York City Department of Human Resource (1978–79) at the outset of the administration of Mayor Edward I. Koch. Bernstein was a critic of a sys ...

(died 1993), American economist *

Blanche Bingley Blanche Bingley Hillyard (née Bingley; 3 November 1863 – 6 August 1946) was an English tennis player. She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900) and was runner up seven times, having also competed in the ...

(1863–1946), English tennis player * Blanche Bolduc (1906/1907–1998), Canadian folk singer *

Blanche Brillon Macdonald Blanche Brillon Macdonald (11 May 1931 – 8 June 1985) was a Canadian Métis born in Faust, Alberta of French and First Nations heritage. She launched her career as the winner of Miss English Bay in 1949 before becoming involved in the support of ...

(1931–1985), Canadian Métis politician *

Blanche Bruce Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841March 17, 1898) was born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and went on to become a politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. He was ...

(1841–1898), first African-American to serve a full term in the United States Senate *

Blanche Calloway Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway (February 9, 1902 – December 16, 1978) was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and was a successful singer before her brother. With a music career that span ...

(1902–1978), African-American jazz singer *

Blanche Crozier Blanche Crozier (1881– May 31, 1957) was a Canadian actress, working in Canadian and American stock companies in the early twentieth century. She later married the Scotch-American film director James Colin Campbell. Early life Born as Blan ...

(1881–1957), Canadian actress * Blanche Wiesen Cook (born 1941), American professor of history and author *

Blanche Deschamps-Jéhin Blanche Deschamps-Jéhin (also Marie Blanche Deschamps-Jehin) (18 September 1857, Lyons- June 1923, Paris) was a French operatic contralto who had a prolific career in France from 1879-1905. She possessed a rich-toned and flexible voice that ...

(1857–1923), French operatic contralto * Blanche Dugdale (1880–1948), British author and Zionist *

Blanche Friderici Blanche L. Friderici (January 21, 1878 – December 23, 1933) was an American film and stage actress, sometimes credited as Blanche Frederici. Early years Friderici was a native of Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were William E. Friderici ...

(1878—1933), American film and stage actress *

Blanche Gardin Blanche Gardin (; born 3 April 1977) is a French actress, comedian and writer. Gardin holds a Master of Sociology degree from the Paris Nanterre University Paris Nanterre University (French: ''Université Paris Nanterre''), formerly Paris-X ...

(born 1977), French actress, comedian and writer *

Blanche Jenkins Blanche Jenkins (active 1872–1915) was a British portrait painter. Life Jenkins was active as an exhibitor at the Society of British Artists and at the Royal Academy, where she showed some 49 works from 1872 onwards. She was also a member of t ...

(active 1872–1915), British portrait painter *

Blanche Lazzell Blanche Lazzell (October 10, 1878 – June 1, 1956) was an American painter, printmaker and designer. Known especially for her white-line woodcuts, she was an early modernist American artist, bringing elements of Cubism and abstraction into he ...

(1878–1956), American modernist painter and printmaker *

Blanche Douglass Leathers Blanche Douglass Leathers (1860 - January 26, 1940) was the first woman master and a steamboat captain on the Mississippi River in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her nicknames include "little captain," the "angel of the Mississippi" and t ...

, first female steamboat captain *

Blanche Lincoln Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born Blanche Meyers Lambert; September 30, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to the Senate in ...

(born 1960), senator from Arkansas *

Blanche Martin Blanche Martin (born January 16, 1937) is a former American football player who played one season with the Los Angeles Chargers and New York Titans. He played college football at Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michiga ...

(born 1937), American Football League player * Blanche McManus (1869–1935), American writer and artist *

Blanche L. McSmith Blanche Louise Preston McSmith (May 5, 1920 – July 28, 2006) was an African-American civil rights activist, businesswoman and politician. McSmith was born in Marshall, Texas and graduated from Wiley College in 1941. She received her master' ...

(1920-2006), American politician *

Blanche Hoschedé Monet Blanche Hoschedé Monet (10 November 1865 – 8 December 1947) was a French painter who was both the stepdaughter and the daughter-in-law of Claude Monet. Early life Ernest and Alice Hoschedé Blanche Hoschedé was born in Paris, the se ...

(1865–1947), French painter, both stepdaughter and daughter-in law of

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During ...

Blanche Oelrichs Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs (October 1, 1890 – November 5, 1950) was an American poet, playwright and theatre actress. Oelrichs first used the masculine pen name Michael Strange to publish her poetry in order to distance her society reputat ...

(1890–1950), American actress and poet *

Blanche Ravalec Blanche Ravalec (born 19 September 1954) is a French actress, dubbing artist, and former stewardess. Career Ravalec is known to English-speaking audiences mainly for her role as Dolly, Jaws' girlfriend in the 1979 James Bond film ''Moonrake ...

(born 1954), French actress *

Blanche Scott Blanche Stuart Scott (April 8, 1884 – January 12, 1970), also known as Betty Scott, was possibly the first American woman aviator. Biography Early life Blanche Stuart Scott was born on April 8, 1884, in Rochester, New York, to Belle and John ...

(1885–1970), American aviator *

Blanche Sweet Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood motion picture film industry. Early life Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first na ...

(1896–1986), American early silent film actress *

Blanche Thebom Blanche Thebom (September 19, 1915March 23, 2010) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher, and opera director. She was part of the first wave of American opera singers that had highly successful international careers. In her own co ...

(1915–2010), American operatic soprano *

Blanche Walsh Blanche Walsh (January 4, 1873 – October 31, 1915) was a highly regarded American stage actress who appeared in one film, ''Resurrection'' based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy and the first three reel treatment of any Tolstoy story. Biography ...

(1873–1915), American actress *

Blanche Yurka Blanche Yurka (born Blanch Jurka, June 19, 1887 – June 6, 1974) was an American stage and film actress and director. She was an opera singer with minor roles at the Metropolitan Opera and later became a stage actress, making her Broadway deb ...

(1887–1974), American stage and film actress and director

Fictional characters

* Blanche, an ostrich villager in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and

New Horizons ''New Horizons'' is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a t ...

Blanche Devereaux Blanche Devereaux is a character from the sitcom television series ''The Golden Girls'', and its spin-off ''The Golden Palace''. Blanche was portrayed by Rue McClanahan for 8 years and 204 episodes across the two series. The character ...

, in the television series ''

The Golden Girls ''The Golden Girls'' is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning seven seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Bea Arthur, Betty W ...

'' and ''

The Golden Palace ''The Golden Palace'' is an American sitcom television series produced as a sequel to ''The Golden Girls,'' a continuation without Bea Arthur (though she did guest star in a double episode) that originally aired on CBS from September 1992 to Ma ...

'' *

Blanche DuBois Blanche DuBois (married name Grey) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. The character was written for Tallulah Bankhead and made popular to later audiences with Elia Kaz ...

, in the play ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' and its adaptations *The title character of the 1948 British film ''

Blanche Fury ''Blanche Fury'' is a 1948 British Technicolor drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger and Michael Gough. It was adapted from a 1939 novel of the same title by Joseph Shearing. In Victorian era Engla ...

'', played by

Valerie Hobson Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson (14 April 1917 – 13 November 1998) was a British actress whose film career spanned the 1930s to the early 1950s. Her second husband was John Profumo, a British government minister who became the subject of the Pro ...

Blanche Hunt Blanche Hunt (also Linfield) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She was originally played by Patricia Cutts; however, the actress died by suicide after appearing in just two episodes in August 1974 ...

, the character in the British soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...

'', portrayed by Maggie Jones * Blanche Ingram, from the novel ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The firs ...

'' *Madamoiselle Blanche De Cominges, from Dostoyevsky's novel '' The Gambler'' *Blanche White, in the board game ''

Cluedo ''Cluedo'' (), known as ''Clue'' in North America, is a murder mystery game for three to six players (depending on editions) that was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt. The game was first manufactured by Waddingt ...

'' (''Clue'' in US) *Blanca Trueba, in Isabel Allende's novel ''

The House of the Spirits ''The House of the Spirits'' ( es, La casa de los espíritus, 1982) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Buenos Aires in 1982. It became an instant best-s ...

'' *Blanche Buck, in the 1967 film ''

Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut (Champion) Barrow (March 24, 1909May 23, 1934) were an American criminal couple who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. The ...

'' *Blanche, a white cat in 1977 Japanese surrealistic horror film ''

Hausu is a 1977 Japanese experimental comedy horror film directed and produced by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It is about a schoolgirl traveling with her six friends to her ailing aunt's country home, where they come face to face with supernatural events as ...

'' *Blanche, Kaede Saitou's angel in the anime and manga series ''

Angelic Layer is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. The manga was published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It was the group's first work using a significant ...

'' *Blanche Norton, from the 1950s comedy show,

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'', sometimes called ''The Burns and Allen Show'', was a half-hour television situation comedy broadcast from 1950 to 1958 on CBS. It starred George Burns and Gracie Allen, one of the most enduring acts ...

. Bea Benaderet played the character. *Blanche, Team Mystic's leader from 2016 mobile game

Pokémon Go ''Pokémon Go'' (stylized as ''Pokémon GO'') is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game, part of the ''Pokémon'' franchise, developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android ...

. *Sister Blanche, in Francis Poulenc's opera

Dialogues of the Carmelites ' (''Dialogues of the Carmelites''), FP 159, is an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956. The composer's second opera, Poulenc wrote the ...

References

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