Type Word & Element Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "white, blank" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesblank(Frankish) blancus(Late Roman) blanc(Old High German) Given Name DescendantsBlanca(Catalan) Blanka(Croatian) Blanka(Czech) Bianca, Blanch, Blanche(English) Blanche(French) Branca(Galician) Bianka(German) Bianka, Blanka(Hungarian) Bianca(Italian) Bianka, Blanka(Polish) Branca(Portuguese) Bianca(Romanian) Blanka(Slovak) Blanka(Slovene) Blanca(Spanish) Surname DescendantsBlanc, Leblanc(French) Bianchi, Bianco(Italian) Blanco(Spanish) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 67. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 47.