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I like Blanche, quite a bit actually.

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Blanche Adelaide
Blanche Cora
Blanche Delia
Blanche Elodie
Blanche Eloise
Blanche Flora
Blanche Guinevere
Blanche Helena
Blanche Ivy
Blanche Roisin
Blanche Rosalie
Blanche Victoria

I like it. I like Bianca and Blanche both. Hm. I think it has vintage appeal -- something I don't think Bianca has at all. It's been growing on me, I know that for sure. First, I thought it was boring and pretentious. Now I think it's charming and sweet in the same old-ladyish way Opal is.

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I love Blanchefleur, but it is strictly GP or mn at the most for me.

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Blanche Fleur
Blanche Flora
Blanche Elodie
Blanche Leontine
Blanche Mabel
Laerke Blanche
Blanche Amy ?
Blanche Cecilia
Blanche Cecily
Daphne Blanche
Adelaide Blanche
Blanche Aveline
Blanche Evelyn
Gwendolyn Blanche
Cressida Blanche
Lucasta Blanche

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Like any?

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[edit] More:
Andromeda Blanche
Fatima Blanche
Nerys Blanche
Azalea Blanche
Blanche Sylvia
Sylvie Blanche

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This message was edited 5/3/2010, 2:39 PM

I like Blanche, but prefer Blanka/ Blanca.

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You seem to like more unusual middle names, so I'll give it a try:-)

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Blanche Perdita
Blanche Shoshana
Blanche Zorana
Blanche Heladia
Blanche Kinneret
Blanche Ceridwen
Blanche Cornelia
Blanche Aglaia
Blanche Andrea
Blanche Ekaterina
Blanche Jelisaveta
Blanche Grainne
Blanche Verena
Blanche Wyanet
Blanche Nayeli
Blanche Onella
Blanche Renata
Blanche Ranita
Blanche Tabitha
Blanche Leandra
Blanche Soraya

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Like any?

I like the French prn. but the English one leaves me cold. It's a rather harsh name and definitely dated.

I can't help but think of "A Streetcar Named Desire" when I hear Blanche. That's not really a good thing, if you've ever read the play; it comes off as a sad, defeated kind of name.

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Blanche Amelia
Blanche Emmeline
Blanche Victoria
Blanche Katherine
Blanche Myra
Blanche Millicent
Blanche Olivia
Blanche Sophia
Blanche Nicole
Blanche Simone

It reminds me of "blotch" like blotches on the face. I have a friend whose mother wanted to name her Blanche so bad but her dad wouldnt let her. I believe they ended up naming the dog Blanche :)

I think Blanche is awesome. Definite vintage appeal.

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Some mns ideas

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Blanche Adele/Adelaide
Blanche Dorothea
Blanche Eleanor
Blanche Frances
Blanche Genevieve
Blanche Isadora
Blanche Lily
Blanche Margaux
Blanche Ophelie
Blanche Pelagie
Blanche Rosine
Blanche Sabine
Blanche Therese
Blanche Ursule
Blanche Veronique

Yes, yes, yes to Blanche. She's been growing on me too a lot lately. Well, that's not true. It's been a long, slow process. Years ago I met a little Blanche and I thought, "How could they do that to a sweet little girl?" Then I learned that she was named after an aunt who had died young in a car accident. Suddenly, the name became so bittersweet and haunting.

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Then a few years later I was in a museum. There was a crown from the 12th or 13th century, from a little known English princess named Blanche who traveled to Bavaria to get married. She brought this crown / coronet with her. Suddenly, I had a picture of a real person making what must have been an extremely difficult journey to an unknown future. I really began to like the name Blanche. It had heart.

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I also love Blanca. But Bianca feels too harsh and reminds me of Binaca mouth freshener. But Blanche and Blanca are fab. Blanchefleur is a GP. It could make a terrific nn for Blanche.

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Blanche Audrey
Blanche Rosalind
Blanche Eleanor / Eleanora
Blanche Isadora
Blanche Theodora
Blanche Lydia
Blanche Sophie
Blanche Angharad
Blanche Llewella
Blanche Eirlys (= a white snowdrop)
Blanche Gwenllian

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This message was edited 5/3/2010, 8:39 AM

I don't think it's too dated. Meaning, it's not 40's and 50's dated. It's not one of those names that need another forty or fifty years to seem appealing again. Neither do I think that it's spineless. It might be considered edgy and to have vintage appeal. I also appreciate the fact that it's a very old name, in use during The Middle Ages.

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However, it's a name I just can't like. The sound, to me, is just so unattractive.

I could get into Blanchefleur, but Blanche seems the epitome of dowdy to me. I'd opt for Blythe, which to me has the same feeling, but still sounds fresh.

This message was edited 5/3/2010, 7:55 AM