Blondin
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A specialized type of material ropeway that incorporates a mechanism to raise and lower loads vertically from the suspended ropeway
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbɫɑndɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Blondin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 170K
- USUnited States1 in 274K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 210 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,100 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Central African Republic, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A specialized type of material ropeway that incorporates a mechanism to raise and lower loads vertically from the suspended ropeway.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Blondin is read(measured from records)
Blondin 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.
- English52%
A specialized type of material ropeway that incorporates a mechanism to raise and lower loads vertically from the suspended ropeway.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
v. BLANDEN
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
- French39%
young fair-haired man or child
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Même origine que Blondeau.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
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.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Blondin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 32K | 259 | — | 2 |
| US United States | 1,212 | 1 in 274K | 1.2K | Blondin | 210 |
| CA Canada | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Blondin | 136 |
| CF Central African Republic | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 1 | — | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 170K | listed | Blondin | 43 |
| IE Ireland | ≈52 est. | ≈1 in 100K | — | Blondin | 1 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 154K | — | Blondin | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the reaney-english-surnames-1991 register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); ANE — Liste provisoire des candidats (legislatives & regionales 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
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)
Blondin is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, a blonde (woman with blonde hair)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, genitive singular of blondi
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)
- Maria Anna Blondinb. 1809CACanadian Catholic nun and teacher, blessed (1809-1890)
- Charles Blondinb. 1824FRFrench tightrope walker (1824–1897)
- Pierre Édouard Blondinb. 1874CACanadian politician (1874–1943)
- Antoine Blondinb. 1922FRFrench journalist (1922–1991)
- Maryvonne Blondinb. 1947FRFrench politician
- Denis Blondinb. 1947CAanthropologist
- Yvan Blondinb. 1953CACanadian general
- Fred Blondinb. 1964FRFrench singer and composer
- Ivanie Blondinb. 1990CACanadian speed skater
- Sofia Blondinactress
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 24 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,535 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #22,285 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #21,666 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 369 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 330 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 315 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 305 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 302 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 259 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 251 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 235 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 216 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Blondin mean, and where does it come from?
- A specialized type of material ropeway that incorporates a mechanism to raise and lower loads vertically from the suspended ropeway. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Blondin?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɫɑndɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Blondin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Blondin in France, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Blondin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,212 people named Blondin in 2010, about 1 in 274 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/blondinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Blondin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.