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BLANCHETTE Family History

Recorded as Blanch, Blanche, Blank, Blanke, the diminutives Blanchette, Blanchet, Blanket, Blankett, Blunkett and others, this is an English surname but one of pre 9th century Old French origins. It derives from the word "blanc" meaning white, and it may either have been ethnic, and describe a Scandanavian Viking, in which case it was not necessarily complimentary, or it was given as a baptismal name of endearment to a child someone with fair hair or complexion. The surname is first recorded in England towards the end of the 12th Century, (see below), and other early recordings include Robert Blanket in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcester in 1275, and John Blanchett in the same rolls but in 1365.