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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Blaise m. Of uncertain origin. The Latin form of the saint's name, Blasius, is possibly influenced by Latin blaesus 'stammering'.

The name of a 3rd-4th C Armenian saint.

Croatia
Latin
● 1439x1482 Blasy (gen) Brgles p. 8
Croatian
● 1597 Blas Susedgrad1597 p. 30
◑ 1597 Blasek Susedgrad1597 p. 30
Czech Republic
Latin
● 1316 Blasei (gen) RTT-1.1 X
England
Early Modern English
● 1582 Blaze DEmar-vol2 p. 7; 1591 Blasse StAnthonlin p. 35
France
Middle French
● 1563 Blaise RegPCC-1 p. 19; 1565 Blaise ibid. p. 141, Blaize ibid. p. 168; 1566 Blaise ibid. p. 197, Blaize ibid. p. 276; 1567 Blaize ibid. p. 278; 1571 Blaise ibid. p. 436; 1572 Blaise ibid. p. 522, Blaize ibid. p. 506
Hungary
Latin
● 1351 Blasio (abl) CDH-IX-II I
Italy
Latin
● 1282 blasio (dat) DSS5-1-4 XV; 1300 Blaxio (abl) ActDipVeneto-I-1 p. 51; 1326 Blasio (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 439; 1348 Blaxius (nom) INP 11; 1363 Blaxio (abl) Livi p. 142; 1449 Blasii (gen) VitAs2 V; 1464 Blasius (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI, Blaxius (nom) ibid. CCXXXI; 1470 Blasio (abl) RCCaetani6 1192, Blasium (acc) ibid. 730; 1521 Biasio (abl) VitAs2 VI; 1522x1532 Blasius (nom) DSF p. 51, 21; 1527 Blasius (nom) Rome1527 p. 83
◑ 1527 Blasinus (nom) Rome1527 p. 85
Italian
● 1513x1521 Biacio LeoX p. 12, Biagio ibid. p. 34, Biasio ibid. p. 12, Blasio ibid. p. 19
Poland
Latin
● 1232 Blasius (nom) CDT1 XIII
Spain
Catalan
● 1510 Blay valencia1510 567
Spanish
● 1576 Blas Catalogo-5.2 3947
Sweden
Early Modern Swedish
● 1585 Blasius (nom) HGS p. 159; 1590 Blasius (nom) ibid. p. 160; 1593 Blasius (nom) ibid. p. 161
Cite as: G. Grim, R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Blaise". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Blaise.