Entry № 1604 · Portuguese origin

Branca Branca — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BRAHN-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Portuguese
Meaning
"White (Portuguese queen)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Portuguese)

A name that means "white (portuguese queen)".

Branca is the Portuguese form of Blanche — "white." Branca of Castile (1259-1321) was the Castilian princess and Queen of Portugal through her marriage to Afonso III. Multiple medieval Iberian queens bore the name.

Used widely in modern Portugal.

White. The Portuguese Blanche.

The name in its native script.

Branca
Transliteration
Branca
Pronunciation
/ ˈbrɑːn.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Branca stands.

Branca 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.

Brancas before her.

Real people
Branca of Castile
Queen of Portugal.
1259 – 1321
In fiction
Branca
Common in Portuguese literature.

Names connected to Branca.

The number behind Branca.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Branca reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.