Blanka
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning white or pale; a form of Blanche.
Blanka by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Blanka. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Blanche
Like Blanka, each of these traces back to Blanche: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Blanka. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Blancawhite96 in the US (2017)
- Biankawhite; a form of bianca18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Biancawhite or pure827 in the US (2017)
- Blaykedark or pale; variant spelling of Blake223 in the US (2017)
- Banksdweller by the banks or riverbanks19 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean white
Like Blanka, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Ivorymade of ivory; the hard white material from elephant tusks512 in the US (2017)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Whitneywhite island; from a place name336 in the US (2017)
- Gwenwhite, fair, blessed315 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Blanka
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