# Blasius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blasius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “stammering” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Blasius, name of a 3rd-4th century Armenian saint, possibly from Latin blaesus (“stammering”), or Latinized from an Ancient Greek name. Doublet of Blaise.

## In other languages

- Armenian: Վլասիոս, Վլաս
- French: Blaise
- German: Bläsi
- Greek: Βλάσιος
- Hungarian: Balázs
- Italian: Biagio
- Polish: Błażej
- Portuguese: Brás
- Romanian: Vlasie
- Russian: Власий
- Spanish: Blas
- Ukrainian: Влас, Улас

## People named Blasius

- Blasius Merrem, German naturalist (1761-1824)
- Blasius Ammon, Austrian Franciscan friar and composer
- Blaise of Sebaste, early 4th-century saint and bishop

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.