Bianca

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Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/1/2024, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #117
6/9/2023, 2:32 PM	Mike C	update #114
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
8/16/2017, 11:57 PM	Mike C	update #96
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Italian, Romanian

Pronounced Pron. /ˈbjaŋ.ka/(Italian, Romanian) /bi.ˈɑŋ.kə/(English) /bi.ˈæŋ.kə/(English)

Meaning & History

Italian cognate of Blanche. Shakespeare had characters named Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (1593) and Othello (1603). The German singer Freddy Breck's 1973 song Bianca boosted the name's popularity elsewhere in Europe.