Names That Mean 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.
<br/><br/>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 <em>Harry Potter</em> franchise.

Blaise

A Blaise/Blaze hybrid that maintains neither the history of Blaise nor the wordiness of Blaze.

Blaize

Once a Top 15 name in Slovenia, now at risk of falling out of the Top 100. In Slovene, the Ž is pronounced like an English ZH.

Blaž

This saintly choice is an example of the Catalan trend for short, streamlined names.

Names That Mean Stammer

The names

Blaise

Blaize

Blaž

Blai

Błażej

Balázs