Blanca
[ˈblæŋ.kə]Meaning
Spanish and Catalan cognate of Blanche, from blanco, "white".
Background Story
Blanca is the Spanish and Catalan cognate of Blanche, a medieval royal name derived from blanco, the Spanish word for white. It is equivalent to the French and English Blanche and is also used in Croatian, Czech, English, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Slovak.
Variations
Blanca, Bianca
Related Names
Branca
Italian for a claw or talon
Baibai
Benita
Feminine form of Benito
Bianca
Italian feminine name meaning "white", cognate of Blanche
Bianka
German, Hungarian and Polish form of Bianca
Blanche
From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair-coloured"
Blanco
Spanish surname meaning "white".
Blanka
Form of Blanche in several languages
Brenda
A feminine form of the Old Norse name Brandr
Brylee
Variant of Briley