Entry № 1539 · Other origin

Blanka Blanka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BLAHN-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Blanche / white"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Czech)

A name that means "blanche / white".

Blanka is from the Czech / Polish / Hungarian Blanka — Central European rendition of Blanche — from the Old French blanc (white). Blanka is one of the Czech + Hungarian + Polish feminine names. Blanche of Valois (Blanka z Valois, 1316-1348) was the first wife of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV + Queen of Bohemia — central to medieval Czech royal heritage.

Blanche / white (Czech-Hungarian).

The name in its native script.

Blanka
Transliteration
Blanka
Pronunciation
/ ˈblɑːŋ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Blanka stands.

Blanka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Blankas before her.

Real people
Blanka Vlašić
Croatian high jumper World Champion + Olympic silver.
born 1983
In fiction
Blanche of Valois
Czech Queen + Charles IV's wife.

Names connected to Blanka.

The number behind Blanka.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Blanka reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.