Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche.[1] 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.[2]
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)
People
Medieval period
- In chronological order
- Bianca Lancia (c. 1200 – c. 1233), Italian noble
- Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Lady of Milan by marriage
- Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Duchess of Milan
- Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Bianca Giovanna Sforza, (1482–1495), Countess of Bobbio and Voghera, wife of Galeazzo Sanseverino
- Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Modern era
A–K
- Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian tennis player
- Bianca Atzei (born 1987), Italian singer
- Bianca Balti (born 1984), Italian model
- Bianca Beauchamp (born 1977), Canadian model
- Bianca Belair (born 1989), American professional wrestler
- Bianca Bianchi (1855–1947), stage name of Bertha Schwarz, German/Austrian opera soprano
- Bianca Bin (born 1990), Brazilian actress
- Bianca Borgella (born 2003), Canadian para-athlete
- Bianca Brandolini d’Adda (born 1987), Italian socialite
- Bianca Butler (born 1989), American ice skater
- Bianca Bustamante (born 2005), Filipina racing driver
- Bianca Byington (born 1966), Brazilian actress
- Bianca Carstensen (born 1975), Danish rower
- Bianca Casady (born 1982), American musical artist
- Bianca Castanho (born 1979), Brazilian actress
- Bianca Censori (born 1995), Australian architect and model
- Bianca Chatfield (born 1982), Australian netball player
- Bianca Chiminello (born 1976), Australian model and actress
- Bianca Collins (born 1988), American actress
- Bianca Comparato (born 1985), Brazilian actress
- Bianca de Vera (born 2002), Filipina actress
- Bianca Del Rio (born 1975), American drag queen
- Bianca Devins (born 2001), American murder victim
- Bianca Ferguson, American actress
- Bianca Froese-Acquaye (born 1964), German artist and author
- Bianca Gascoigne (born 1987), British model and TV personality
- Bianca Gonzalez (born 1983), Filipina TV personality
- Bianca Jagger (born 1945), Nicaraguan actress, social and human rights advocate
- Bianca Kajlich (born 1977), American actress
- Bianca Kappler (born 1977), German long jumper
- Bianca King (born 1985), Canadian–Filipina actress, model
L–Z
- Bianca Lamblin (1921–2011), French writer
- Bianca Langham-Pritchard (born 1975), Australian field hockey player
- Bianca Manalo (born 1987), Filipina actress and beauty pageant titleholder
- Bianca Marroquín, Mexican actress
- Bianca Lawson (born 1979), American actress
- Bianca Netzler (cyclist) (born 1974), New Zealand cyclist representing Samoa
- Bianca Netzler (field hockey) (born 1976), Australian field hockey player
- Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (born 1968), Nigerian beauty queen, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman; wife of former Biafran President, Chukuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
- Bianca Noel Piper (born 1991), American missing person
- Bianca Răzor (born 1994), Romanian sprinter
- Bianca Rinaldi (born 1974), Brazilian actress
- Bianca Ryan (born 1994), American singer
- Bianca Solorzano (born 1974), American TV journalist
- Bianca Szíjgyártó (born 1981), Hungarian ice dancer
- Bianca Tiron (born 1995), Romanian handballer
- Bianca Umali (born 2000), Filipina actress, model
- Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959), New Zealand artist
- Bianca Weiß (born 1968), German field hockey player
- Bianca Williams (born 1980), American anthropologist
- Bianca Williams (born 1993), British athlete
Fictional characters
- Bianca (Othello), from William Shakespeare's play Othello
- Bianca Minola, from William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew
- Bianca Stratford, in the 1999 movie based on The Taming of the Shrew, 10 Things I Hate About You
- A character from Bianca e Fernando, an 1828 opera by Vincenzo Bellini
- Bianca, played by Mariah Carey in the video for her 1999 single "Heartbreaker" and in "Boy (I Need You)"
- Bianca (That's So Raven), from the American TV series That's So Raven
- Bianca Castafiore, recurring character in The Adventures of Tintin
- Bianca DeSousa, in Degrassi
- Bianca di Angelo, a minor character in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
- Bianca Jackson, from the British soap opera EastEnders
- Bianca Montgomery, from the American soap opera All My Children
- Bianca Solderini, in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles
- Miss Bianca, from The Rescuers books by Margery Sharp and the animated films The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under
- Bianca Erdmann, a pre-pubescent nymphomaniac in Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow
- Bianca Reyes, mother of Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) in the DC Comics continuum
- Bianca Scott, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Bianca, the name of Varric's crossbow in Dragon Age II
- Bianca, an anatomically correct doll in Lars and the Real Girl
- Bianca, from the movie Pokémon Heroes
- Bianca, in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
- Bianca, rival character in Pokémon Black and White
- Bianca, from the American TV series Henry Danger
- Bianca Piper, from the book and movie The Duff
- Bianca, from the TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Bianca Lussi, another main character from the TV series Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends
- Bianca, a character and former villain from Spyro: Year of the Dragon
- Bianca, from Dragon Quest
- Bianca Dupree, from the 1987 cartoon Beverly Hills Teens
- Bianca Bikini, villain from The Powerpuff Girls
Other uses
- Bianca (moon), a moon of Uranus
See also
- All pages with titles containing Bianca
- bianca.com
- Bianka, a feminine given name
- Branca, a feminine given name
- Branka, a feminine given name
- Blanche (given name), a feminine given name
- Blanca (given name), a feminine given name
- Blanka (given name), a feminine given name
References
- ^ Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1863). History of Christian Names. Vol. 2. Parker, Son, and Bourn. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 34. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
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