Blaise

BLAZE; BLEHZ
French
"to lisp, stammer"

Blaise Origin and Meaning

The name Blaise is a boy's name of French origin meaning "to lisp, stammer".

As modern as it sounds, Blaise is an ancient Christian martyr name. In Arthurian legend, Blaise is the name of Merlin the Magician's secretary. Its relation to the word and name Blaze gives it a fiery feel. Amanda Beard named her baby boy Blaise Ray.

Saint Blaise, an Armenian bishop, is the patron saint of wild animals and those with sore throats. Blaise Pascal was the seventeenth century French mathematician-physicist-inventor-writer-philosopher among whose many accomplishments was the invention of the calculator. And in the modern world, Blaise Zambini is a minor character in the Harry Potter franchise.

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Famous People Named Blaise

  • Saint Blaise
    physician, bishop and martyr of Sebastea, Turkey
  • Blaise Pascal
    French philosopher
  • Blaise Diagne
    Senegalese political leader
  • Blaise Matuidi
    French footballer
  • Blaise Compaoré
    former president of Burkina Faso
  • Blaise Cendrars (born Frédéric
    Louis Sauser), Swiss,French novelist
  • Blaise Koffi Kouassi
    Ivorian footballer
  • Blaise Larmee
    American graphic novelist
  • Blaise Ray Brown
    son of athlete/model Amanda Beard

The name Blaise in Pop Culture

  • Blaise Zabini
    character in the Harry Potter series.
  • Blaise
    Northumberland,dwelling master of Merlin in Thomas Malory's 15th,century compilation Le Morte d'Arthur
  • Blaise Jeannot Andrieux
    character in the Wild Cards series
  • Blaise Curci
    French crime lord in film "The French Connection"
  • Blaise
    character in the "Ash Princess" by Laura Sebastian

International Variations of the name Blaise

  • Blaize
    French
  • Ballas
    Hungarian
  • Vlas
    Russian
  • Braz
    Portuguese
  • Balas
    Hungarian
  • Balasz
    Hungarian
  • Blasius
    German
  • Blas
    Spanish
  • Blasi
    German
  • Blaisot
    French
  • Biagio
    Italian
  • Blazek
    Polish

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