Blanche

Metal

Also spelled: Blanch

Usually a girl's name

Literal meaning

white (Old French blanc) Well attested

Origin

French

Element: Metal

white is Metal's color in Chinese tradition

BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.

Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.

Popularity

US 2025: #6892 (girls)

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Sources

Wiktionary: Blanche
Wikipedia: Blanche (given name)
Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources: Blanche

Names with a similar meaning

Fenella
Finlay
Finley
Finn
Fiona
Fionn

The same meaning in Chinese

白 bái white
皙 xī white

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning

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