Blaise (name): Difference between revisions

Blaise
	Stained glass window of Saint Blaise
Pronunciation	'Blaze'
Gender	Male
Name day	February 3
Origin
Word/name	French (derived from Latin)
Other names
Related names	Blaize, Basil, Balbus, Balbino, Balbo

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 20:11, 7 November 2024

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.

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

Given name

Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne, Gambian foreign minister and United Nations representative
Blaise Alexander, American race car driver
Blaise Andries, NFL player
Blaise Cendrars, Franco-Swiss novelist and poet
Blaise Compaoré, ex-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

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

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

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)

References

^ "Bacalhau à Brás". historiabacalhau.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-09.

[1] "Bacalhau à Brás". historiabacalhau.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-09.

[1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Infobox given name
-'''Blaise''' is a [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]] personal name and surname (from Greek Βλάσιος, the name of [[Saint Blaise]]).
+| name          = Blaise
+| image         = Vitrail de Saint Blaise (église de Sarrewerden).jpg
+| image_size    =150px
+| caption       = [[Stained glass]] window of [[Saint Blaise]]
+| pronunciation = 'Blaze'
+| meaning       =
+| gender        = Male
+| region        =
+| usage         =
+| origin        = [[French language|French]] (derived from Latin)
+| alternative spelling =
+| nickname      =
+| name day      = February 3
+| derived       =
+| popularity    =
+| footnotes     =
+| related names =[[Blaize (given name)|Blaize]], [[Basil (name)|Basil]], [[Balbus (disambiguation)|Balbus]], Balbino, Balbo
+}}
+'''Blaise''' is a masculine given name and surname. It is the [[French language|French]] derivation of the [[Latin]] ''Blaesus'' (later ''Blasius''), [[Greek language|Greek]] Βλασιος (''Vlasios''), and is of uncertain etymological origin.
+One of the first known to bear the name was Roman proconsul [[Quintus Junius Blaesus]]. The name was popularized by [[Saint Blaise of Sebastia]].
-The meaning of Greek ''Blasios'' is unclear; it may have been a by-name of the saint, derived from Latin ''blaesus'' "lisp", thus "the lisper"; alternatively, it may just be a corruption of the name [[Basilius]] (Greek Βασίλειος ''basíleios'' "royal; kingly").
+==People==
-==List of people with the given name Blaise==
+===Given name===
 *[[Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne]], Gambian foreign minister and United Nations representative
 *[[Blaise Alexander]], American race car driver
+*[[Blaise Andries]], NFL player
 *[[Blaise Cendrars]], Franco-Swiss novelist and poet
-*[[Blaise Compaoré]], President of Burkina Faso
+*[[Blaise Compaoré]], ex-president of Burkina Faso
-*[[Blaise Dafoe]], a big man with an even bigger heart that left this world far too soon, from Little York, NY
 *[[Blaise Diagne]], Senegalese politician, mayor of Dakar
 *[[Blaise Diesbourg]], American gangster and bootlegger
@@ Line 14: / Line 34: @@
 *[[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 1974)]], former Côte d'Ivoire football defender
-* [[Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1983)]], Ivorian footballer
+*[[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 de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc|Blaise de Montluc]], French soldier
 *[[Blaise Rabetafika]], Malagasy diplomat
+*[[Blaise Senghor]], Senegalese filmmaker and diplomat
 *[[Blaise Sonnery]], French cyclist
 *[[Blaise Daniel Staples]], American classicist
@@ Line 28: / Line 49: @@
 *[[Jean-Blaise Martin]], French opera singer
+===Surname===
-;Fictional people
-* Blaise, in some accounts, a master of [[Merlin]] in Arthurian legends. In Malory's version appears to Merlin to warn him of Nimue's mischief
-* [[Blaise Jeannot Andrieux]], a character from the Wild Cards series of books
-*[[Blaise Curci]], French crime lord in ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''
-*[[Blaise Zabini]], [[Minor Slytherins#Blaise Zabini|minor Slytherin]] character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
-==List of people with the surname Blaise==
 *[[Clark Blaise]], Canadian author
-*[[Fabolon Blaise]], Haitian painter
 *[[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)
-*[[Saint-Louis Blaise]], Haitian painter
 *[[Serge Moléon Blaise]], Haitian painter
 *[[Tara Blaise]], Irish singer
 *[[Jean-Blaise Kololo]], Congolese politician and diplomat
+*[[Matthew Blaise]], Nigerian queer rights activist
-;Fictional people
+*Braz or Brás, a 19th-century Portuguese cook from Bairro Alto, in Lisbon, who allegedly created or popularized the dish [[bacalhau à Brás]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bacalhau à Brás |url=https://historiabacalhau.pt/receita/bacalhau-bras |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=historiabacalhau.pt |language=pt-pt}}</ref>
+==Fictional characters==
+*Blaise, in some accounts was [[Merlin|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 Slytherins#Blaise Zabini|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 ==
-The following forenames are related to the [[Given name|forename]] Blaise:
+The following are related to the [[Given name|forename]] Blaise:
 * [[Armenian language|Armenian]]: Բարսեղ (''Barsegh'')
@@ Line 65: / Line 86: @@
 * [[Polish language|Polish]]: Błażej
 * [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: Brás (archaic spelling ''Braz'')
-* [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: Vlasie
+* [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: Vlasie, Vasile
 * [[Russian language|Russian]]: Власий (''Vlasiy'')
 * [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: Blas
@@ Line 72: / Line 93: @@
 ==See also==
-*[[Blaise (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Saint Blaise (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Blaise (disambiguation)]]
 * [[Blaize (given name)]]
 * [[Blaize (surname)]]
 * [[Blais]]
-[[Category:French masculine given names]]
-[[Category:French-language surnames]]
 {{given name}}
 {{surname|Blaise}}
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:Masculine given names]]
+[[Category:French-language surnames]]
+[[Category:Surnames from given names]]