Blanden
surname · Latin script
Meaning: probably connected with Old French blandir ‘to flatter’; first attested William Blaundyn 1327 SRSx (A Dictionary of English Surnames)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Blanden is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)probably connected with Old French blandir ‘to flatter’; first attested William Blaundyn 1327 SRSx
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Blanden is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, William Blaundyn 1327, Symon Blaundyn 1332 SRSx; Robert Blanden 1672 HTY. Probably connected with OFr blandir ‘to flatter’.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In Catalan, third-person plural present indicative of blandar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, third-person plural present indicative of blandir
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dum, to mix, to prepare (only of mead)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, past participle of blandan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jo Blandenb. 1977GBEconomist (London School of Economics (LSE) -> Centre for Economic Performance (CEP); University of Surrey -> School of Economics)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Blanden mean, and where does it come from?
- probably connected with Old French blandir ‘to flatter’; first attested William Blaundyn 1327 SRSx Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Blanden have the most bearers?
- Blanden is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Blanden”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.