Anonymous wrote:Beautiful French name. How do you pronounce it in English.

Like the French, but the ch is pronounced the English way not the sh sound it would have in French.

Anonymous wrote:Beautiful French name. How do you pronounce it in English.

Like ranch dressing with a Bl.
I'm really happy for your baby you are picking another name. It's awful.

Beautiful French name. How do you pronounce it in English.

OP, thanks everyone, we're going back to the drawing board. I also personally likeGolden Girls too.

Anonymous wrote:To me Blanche is a verb: Blanche the vegetables. Agree with suggestions to use it as middle name if you like it that much.

Agree.

To me Blanche is a verb: Blanche the vegetables. Agree with suggestions to use it as middle name if you like it that much.

It's pretty bad. I like the Bianca suggestion much better.

OP, it's as good as any other name. It is a very strong female name, which some people sadly associate with ugly. To me, it's in the same old school class as Irene, Sophie, Dorothy, Heddy, Margret, etc. Some people like softer, demure names like Bella, which brings to my mind a woman who will be underestimated most of her life. Be bold, OP.

Listen to your DH. Blanche is a terrible name. That said, you can honor her by giving your DD it as a middle name.

Blanche is an incredibly ugly name, imo.

Anonymous wrote:No. Use it as a middle name or find another B name to honor her. Although not my favorite, I think Blaire is better than Blanche. I also had a relative named Blanche, and I think old lady.

Blair is really dated, like from 2000.

I know lots of baby Stellas which is also a streetcar named desire. Blanche is beautiful.

Streetcar
Golden Girls
Blood
Plunging boiled vegetables in cold water to stop the cooking and preserve the color

No.

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,

I'd like to name our daughter Blanche. I had an aunt Blanche and she was an amazing woman. DH is not sold on the name. Can anyone give me thoughts? He seems to remember Blanche from Golden Girls who was a hot box. He was forced to watch the show when his grandma babysat him sometimes.

What the heck is a hot box?

Anonymous wrote:I associate Blanche with Golden Girls and A Streetcar Named Desire. Neither of which I want to saddle my kid with.

Also, the word blanch just isn't that appealing either.

+1

I've always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Yeah I would go with one of the other names with the same meaning. Like Bianca or Blanca etc. I just don't like the associations with Blanch and I think other names are prettier.