Blondie

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Blondie is read●(measured from records)

Blondie is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English80%

  A nickname for a person with blond hair, particularly an attractive woman.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish8.2%

  blondie (dessert)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Blondie is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, South Africa, Philippines

  Also written Bloñdie

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Blondie is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, feminine singular of blondi

  as a word·kaikki.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)

• Blondy Nna Noukeub. 2001CMnot in their usual nameCameroonian footballer
• Blondie RobinsonUSAfrican American vaudeville performer

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)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Blondie mean, and where does it come from?

A nickname for a person with blond hair, particularly an attractive woman. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Blondie?

A machine transcription gives /blɒndaj/ (IPA) for English.

Is Blondie a male or female name?

Blondie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Blondie have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 350 people named Blondie, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled blondie.

Where is Blondie most common?

Blondie is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 950 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Blondie?

In the United States, the national register counted 350 people named Blondie in 2020, about 1 in 950 thousand residents.