Blanche
Fair, in French
Blanche is a feminine given name of French origin meaning "white" or "fair." It was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but has since faded from common use.
The name evokes a certain Southern gentility, partly due to Blanche DuBois, the fragile protagonist of Tennessee Williams's *A Streetcar Named Desire*. (Lowercase blanche means to turn pale or to briefly boil food.)
feminine
Pertaining to women
Southern · gentility · Williams · vintage · classic · elegant
- Medieval NamesAlfred, Baldwin, Beatrice, Edgar, Edith
- Old-Fashioned NamesMildred, Gertrude, Ethel, Edna, Bertha
- Belgian MusicDjango Reinhardt, Gotye, Eurodance
- French Artrealism, Post-Impressionism, cubism, surrealism, Fauvism
- Historic WarshipsUSS Constitution, Essex, Merrimack, Phoebe, Cumberland
- carte blancheTotal freedom to choose
- blanched almondNut stripped of brown coat
- Blanche DuBois