Blaise is a masculine given name and surname. It is the French derivation of the Latin Blaesus (later Blasius), Greek Βλασιος (Vlasios), and is of uncertain etymological origin.
Pronunciation | 'Blaze' |
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Gender | Male |
Name day | February 3 |
Origin | |
Word/name | French (derived from Latin) |
Other names | |
Related names | Blaize, Basil, Balbus, Balbino, Balbo |
One of the first known to bear the name was Roman proconsul Quintus Junius Blaesus. The name was popularized by Saint Blaise of Sebastia.
People edit
Given name edit
- Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne, Gambian foreign minister and United Nations representative
- Blaise Alexander, American race car driver
- Blaise Cendrars, Franco-Swiss novelist and poet
- Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso
- Blaise Diagne, Senegalese politician, mayor of Dakar
- Blaise Diesbourg, American gangster and bootlegger
- Blaise Garza, American actor
- Blaise Gisbert, French Jesuit rhetorician and critic
- Blaise Koissy, Côte d'Ivoire football player
- Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1974), former Côte d'Ivoire football defender
- Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1983), Ivorian footballer
- Blaise Kufo, Congolese-Swiss football player
- Blaise Matuidi, French football player
- Blaise de Montluc, French soldier
- Blaise Pascal, French mathematician
- Blaise Rabetafika, Malagasy diplomat
- Blaise Senghor, Senegalese filmmaker and diplomat
- Blaise Sonnery, French cyclist
- Blaise Daniel Staples, American classicist
- Blaise de Vigenère, French diplomat and cryptographer
- Blaise Winter, American football player and speaker
- Mamadou Blaise Sangaré, Malian politician
- Jean-Blaise Martin, French opera singer
Surname edit
- Clark Blaise, Canadian author
- Kerlin Blaise, American football player
- Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier, French poet, dramatist, and politician
- Pierre Blaise, French actor
- Saint Blaise, Armenian physician and bishop of Sebaste (Sivas)
- Serge Moléon Blaise, Haitian painter
- Tara Blaise, Irish singer
- Jean-Blaise Kololo, Congolese politician and diplomat
- Matthew Blaise, Nigerian queer rights activist
- Braz or Brás, a 19th-century Portuguese cook from Bairro Alto, in Lisbon, who allegedly created or popularized the dish bacalhau à Brás[1]
Fictional characters edit
- Blaise, in some accounts was Merlin's master in Arthurian legends. In Malory's version he appeared to Merlin to warn him of Nimue's mischief.
- Blaise Jeannot Andrieux, from the Wild Cards series of books
- Blaise Kindle, a pre-made playable sim from The Sims 3.
- Blaise Zabini, a minor Slytherin character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
- Modesty Blaise, heroine of a Peter O'Donnell comic strip
- Bleys, a Prince of Amber, probably inspired by Merlin's tutor, he is a magically adept swordsman and charming rake.
Spellings edit
The following are related to the forename Blaise:
- Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barsegh)
- Catalan: Blai
- Croatian: Blaž; Vlaho (Dubrovnik region)
- English: Blaise, Blase, Blaize, Blaze
- French: Blaise
- Galician: Βrais
- German: Blasius
- Greek: Βλασιος (Vlasios)
- Hungarian: Balázs
- Italian: Biagio
- Kurdish: بلهیز
- Latin: Blasius
- Polish: Błażej
- Portuguese: Brás (archaic spelling Braz)
- Romanian: Vlasie, Vasile
- Russian: Власий (Vlasiy)
- Spanish: Blas
- Turkish: Vlas
- Ukrainian: Улас (Ulas)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Bacalhau à Brás". historiabacalhau.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-09.