Bianca
Sign in to saveBianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. It is known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It came to greater notice in the 1970s, due to public figures such as Bianca Jagger.
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- Given name.name
- Bianca
- Given name.image
- File:Frederick leighton-bianca c1881 0876.jpg
- Given name.caption
- Bianca by Frederic Leighton, 1881.
- Given name.pronunciation
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- Given name.gender
- Female
- Given name.meaning
- White
- Given name.region
- Italy
- Given name.origin
- Italian
- Given name.name day
- October 3
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- native label
- Bianca
- Soundex
- B520
- Cologne phonetics
- 164
- Caverphone
- PNK111
- Commons category
- Bianca (given name)
- P8168
- Susan Hoecke
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Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. It is known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It came to greater notice in the 1970s, due to public figures such as Bianca Jagger.
== Variants == Blanche: French Bianca: Italian, Romanian, Spanish Bianka (Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, German, English, French, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Corsican, Greek) Blanca (French, English, Icelandic, Hungarian, Spanish) Blanka (Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Croatian) Branca (Portuguese)