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All around the world, בלאנש (Blanche , בלאנש ) is a common girly given name. The first name בלאנש is characteristic of Cameroon, where it is quite a common principally female, but scarcely masculine name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common girly name, and Malta, where it is quite a rare female name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and the United States. Much less frequently, בלאנש is the last name as well as the forename.
בלאנש is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Blanche DuBois , the fictional character in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire; Blanche DuBois , the operatic character in the opera A Streetcar Named Desire; Blanche Marci , character in Plus belle la vie; Blanche Hunt , the Corrie character, Coronation Street and Blanche Devereaux , the fictional character from "The Golden Girls", and in many other works.