Blasius

See also: Blásius

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Blasius, name of a 3rd-4th century Armenian saint, possibly from Latin blaesus (“stammering”), or Latinized from an Ancient Greek name. Doublet of Blaise.

Proper noun

Blasius

1. A male given name from Latin.

Usage notes

• This form refers to historical persons. Blaise and Blase are sometimes used as modern English names.

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Վլասիոս (Vlasios), Վլաս (Vlas)
• Faroese: Blásius m
• French: Blaise (fr)
• Galician: Brais (gl)
• Hungarian: Balázs (hu)
• Italian: Biagio (it)
• Polish: Błażej (pl) m
• Portuguese: Brás m
• Sicilian: Brasi
• Spanish: Blas (es)
• Ukrainian: Влас (uk) (Vlas), Улас (Ulas)