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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Blanch m. Latin *blancus, Old English, Old French blanc, Old High German blanch, Middle High German blanc 'white, pale'.

The masculine form was always less common than the feminine form, Blanche.

England
Early Modern English
● 1566 Blanch RegBeb p. 8
Middle French
◑ 1573 Blancet WCS p. 8
France
Middle French
◑ 1392 Blanchet MemBret-II col. 610; 1438 Blanchet favier 29
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Blanci (gen) BBC-Berg 32; 1285 Blanci (gen) Perugia1285 p. 153
◑ 1521 Biancholini (gen) VitAs2 VI
Spain
Catalan
● 1510 Blanch valencia1510 4782
Wales
Welsh
● 1582 Blanch RegCon1 p. 36
Cite as: A. Brown, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Blanch". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Blanch.