Blewett
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Medieval nickname for a blue-eyed person or one who habitually wore blue clothing
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbɫuɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Blewett is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- CACanada
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)
Medieval nickname for a blue-eyed person or one who habitually wore blue clothing.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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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)
Blewett is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from OFr bleuet/blouet ‘bluish’, a diminutive of bleu ‘blue’; first attested Ralph Bloiet, Blouet, Bloet 1086 DB (Ha, So)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, clothes or for someone with blue eyes, from ME bluet blue woollen cloth or bleuet cornflower. Both are from OF
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, Ralph Bloiet, Blouet, Bloet 1086 DB (Ha, So); Tedbald Blauel 1185 Templars (Herts); Walter Blohet ib. (So); William le Blut ib. (L); Robert Bluet 1196 Cur (W); Geoffrey le Bleuit 1327 SRC. OFr bleuet, blouet ‘bluish’, a diminutive of bleu ‘blue’.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
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)
- Jean Blewettb. 1862CACanadian writer (1862–1934)
- George Blewettb. 1873CACanadian university professor, philosopher, and author (1873–1912)
- Dorothy Blewettb. 1898AUAustralian playwright and novelist
- John Blewettb. 1910CACanadian physicist
- Hildred Blewettb. 1911CACanadian physicist
- Joseph Blewettb. 1925ZAcricketer (1925-2013)
- Neal Blewettb. 1933AUAustralian politician and political scientist
- Mary Blewettb. 1938USAmerican historian
- Jimmy Blewettb. 1980USracecar driver
- Scott Blewettb. 1996USAmerican professional baseball player
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)
Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.4K | #18,950 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,118 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #22,066 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 10 | #120,154 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 4 | #109,985 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of English Surnames (Reaney & Wilson, 1991) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Blewett mean, and where does it come from?
- Medieval nickname for a blue-eyed person or one who habitually wore blue clothing. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Blewett?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɫuɪt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Blewett have the most bearers?
- Blewett is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Blewett”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.