Casablanca: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Casablanca – Meaning: "white house" – Origin: Spanish (from Arabic, via Portuguese) – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: kas-uh-BLANG-kuh


Casablanca is a Spanish (from Arabic, via Portuguese) unisex name meaning “"white house"”. It appears in our list of 225+ City Names for Babies With a World-Traveler Soul.

Meaning & Origin of Casablanca

Meaning: "white house".

Origin: Spanish (from Arabic, via Portuguese).

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Casablanca

Phonetic: kas-uh-BLANG-kuh   IPA: /ˌkæsəˈblæŋkə/

Popularity of Casablanca

Casablanca 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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