Blandina: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Blandina – Meaning: charming or flattering (from Latin blandus) – Origin: Latin – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: blan-DEE-nah


Blandina is a Latin girl's name meaning “charming or flattering (from Latin blandus)”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Blandina

Meaning: Charming or flattering (from Latin blandus).

Origin: Latin.

A common claim: widely glossed on baby-name sites as 'gentle, tender' Actually: the real Latin root 'blandus' leans more toward 'charming, flattering, alluring' than plain gentleness — related senses, but not identical.

Source: Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Blandina

Phonetic: blan-DEE-nah   IPA: /blænˈdiːnə/

Popularity of Blandina

Blandina doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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