# Blue (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blue/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German. An anglicization of German Blau.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,341 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,466 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,684 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.6% (22,422 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, Americanized from Blau or its French cognate bleu.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blue in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blue in the United States, Austria and Australia.

## People named Blue

- Alektra Blue, American pornographic actress and model
- Ashley Blue, American pornographic actress and director (born 1981)
- Mick Blue, Austrian pornographic actor
- Monte Blue, American actor (1887–1963)
- Vanessa Blue, American pornographic film actress
- David Blue, American actor and director
- Chelsea Blue, American pornographic actress
- Angel Blue, American opera singer
- Vander Blue, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Violet Blue, American writer
- Robert D. Blue, American politician (1898–1989)
- Tony Blue, Australian middle-distance runner

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Blau, Bale, Blea, Bouley, Buelow, Belue, Bley, Bleau, Bole, Buley, Bulley, Bailey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.