Blessen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Blessen by the numbers

Blessen was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Blessen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Blessen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Blessyndivine favor or benediction; a respelling of Blessing40 in the US (2017)
  • Blessin22 in the US (2017)
  • Blessingdivine favor or benediction246 in the US (2017)
  • Bless40 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Blessen

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