Unisex name

Blaise

566 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2015. Expression number: 3.

Origin

Borrowed from Old French Blaise in the Middle Ages and revived partly due to the modern French equivalent, from Latin Blasius. Doublet of Blasius.

From Wiktionary, entry “Blaise”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Do you know someone named Blaise?

Send them the page about their name.

How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

210200020102020
GirlsBoys

Peak in 2015: 24 births. 566 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (34%) as well as boys (66%). It is still given: 85 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the United States

283018801900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys

Peak in 2015: 307 births. 9,656 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (9%) as well as boys (91%). It really came into use around 1947. It is still given: 1,267 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.

In Ireland

70198020002020

Peak in 2020: 7 births. 70 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 18 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.

Elsewhere in the world

The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.

CountryBirthsPeriodBest rank
France4,7051900–2025—
Switzerland898*1915–2025—

* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution.

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

B2L3A1I9S1E5

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

3

expression, creativity, sociability

2 + 3 + 1 + 9 + 1 + 5 = 21 → 3

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

6

responsibility, harmony, commitment to others

1 + 9 + 5 = 15 → 6

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

6

responsibility, harmony, commitment to others

2 + 3 + 1 = 6

Digits missing from the name
4, 6, 7, 8
Most frequent digit
1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
Get the full portrait →

The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate

Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.