Blaž
Male#485 most common in Croatia1,202 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Lisping, stammering
- Origin:
- Latin
About the name Blaž
Croatian form of Blaise, from Latin Blasius; St. Blaise (sv. Vlaho) is the patron saint of Dubrovnik.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- February 3 (sv. Blaž)
Popularity with newborns
Blaž has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
1,202 people in Croatia are called Blaž, according to the 2021 census. That is #485 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Blaž is recorded in every Croatian county.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.