Blondine

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

How Blondine is read●(measured from records)

Blondine 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.

• English59%

  A bleach that colors the hair blonde.

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

• French27%

  a blond (fair haired) female

  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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)

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

• Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, United States

  Also written Blondiné

33 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)

Blondine 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 Norwegian Nynorsk, a blonde (woman with blonde hair)

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

• In Dutch, a blonde (fair-haired) female

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

• In German, blonde (a blonde woman)

  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.

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

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

Frequently asked questions

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

A bleach that colors the hair blonde. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Blondine?

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

Is Blondine a male or female name?

Blondine 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 Blondine have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 208 people named Blondine, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled blondine.

Where is Blondine most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Blondine is densest in Finland — about 1 in 371 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Blondine?

In the United States, the national register counted 208 people named Blondine in 2020, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

How common is Blondine compared with other names?

In Haiti, Blondine is the 470th most common given name of 902 given names recorded there.