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Blas Name Meaning & Historical Trends

Blas

Pronunciation: BLAHS

Meaning Lisping Gender Boy
BOYS RANK
#6,503
TREND
828
Peak Years
1988, 2005, 1999
Lowest Years
1880, 1917, 1914
Energy Archetype
Emotional & Intuitive

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Blas in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Blas

  • More than 2 thousand babies named Blas: U.S. records list 2,921 babies given the name Blas from 1880 through 2025.

What Does the Name Blas Mean?

Blas is the Spanish masculine form of the Latin name Blasius, commonly explained as coming from Latin blaesus, meaning "lisping" or "stammering." The Latin adjective is itself linked to Greek blaisos, "crooked," but the customary meaning attached to the name is the Latin one. Blas is not a native Spanish word name; it is the Spanish form of the saint's Latin name.

Blas Name History & Origins

Saint Blaise was a bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, traditionally martyred in the early fourth century. His cult spread in medieval Europe, where he was invoked against throat ailments and counted among the Fourteen Holy Helpers; his feast on February 3 became associated with the blessing of throats. The Latin Blasius became Blas in Spanish, while French developed Blaise, Italian Biagio, and Portuguese Brás. In the Spanish-speaking world, Blas has been used as a given name and appears in place names such as San Blas.

How Popular is the Name Blas?

Blas recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1988. Its best rank was #827 in 1880.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Blas Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.

You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.

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