Bianca

Bianca
	Bianca by Frederic Leighton, 1881.
Pronunciation	/biˈæŋkə/ bee-ANG-kə,; US also /-ɑːŋ-/ -⁠AHNG-; Italian: [ˈbjaŋka]; German: [biˈaŋka]
Gender	Female
Name day	October 3
Origin
Word/name	Italian
Meaning	White
Region of origin	Italy
Other names
Related names	Bianka; Blanche; Blanca; Branca;

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

Given name

Medieval period

Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Italian noblewoman and Grand Duchess of Francesco I de' Medici
Bianca de' Medici (1445–1505), Italian noblewoman, landowner, and musician
Bianca Giovanna Sforza, (1482–1496), Italian noblewoman and Countess of Bobbio and Voghera; wife of Galeazzo Sanseverino
Bianca Lancia (c. 1200–c. 1233), Italian noblewoman; wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Queen of Germany and Holy Roman Empress; wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Italian Duchess of Milan; wife of Francesco I Sforza
Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Italian Lady of Milan; wife of Galeazzo II Visconti
Bianca Riario (1478–1524), Italian noblewoman and regent; wife of Troilo I de' Rossi

Modern era

Bianca Acevedo, American neuroscientist and love researcher
Bianca Alencar, Brazilian voice actress, dubbing director, singer, songwriter, and digital influencer
Bianca Allaine (born 1979), American actress, host, and model
Bianca Allen, American voice actress
Bianca Amato, South African actress
Bianca Ambrosetti (1914–1933), Italian Olympic gymnast
Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian professional tennis player
Bianca Andrew (born 1989), New Zealand operatic mezzo-soprano
Bianca Anghel (born 1985), Romanian long-track speed skater
Bianca Atterberry (born 1988), American songwriter
Bianca Atzei (born 1987), Italian singer and television personality
Bianca Augustyn (born 1998), South African rugby sevens player
Bianca Baak (born 1992), Dutch middle-distance runner
Bianca Babb (1856–1950), American pioneer woman and former captive of the Comanche people
Bianca Bagnarelli (born 1988), Italian artist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist
Bianca Bai (born 1982), Taiwanese actress and model
Bianca Balti (born 1984), Italian model
Bianca Baptiste (born 1992), English former professional footballer
Bianca Bardin (born 2000), Italian professional footballer
Bianca Basílio (born 1996), Brazilian submission grappler, mixed martial artist, and Jiu Jitsu athlete
Bianca Bazaliu (born 1997), Romanian handballer
Bianca Beauchamp (born 1977), Canadian fetish model
Bianca Beetson, Indigenous Australian contemporary artist
Bianca Belair (born 1989), American professional wrestler, and fitness and figure competitor
Bianca Bellová (born 1970), Czech writer
Bianca Berlinguer (born 1959), Italian journalist and former news anchor
Bianca Biaggi, Brazilian pornographic actress
Bianca Bianchi, several people
Bianca Biasi (born 1979), Australian producer, director, actress, and author
Bianca Bin (born 1990), Brazilian actress
Bianca Bloch (1848–1901), German author
Bianca Bonnie, American rapper, singer, songwriter, and television personality
Bianca Borgella (born 2003), Canadian visually impaired Paralympic sprinter
Bianca Bosker, American journalist and non-fiction author
Bianca Botto (born 1991), Peruvian former tennis player
Bianca Bradey, Australian actress
Bianca Brandolini d'Adda (born 1987), Italian model, actress, and socialite
Bianca Bruhn (born 1975), Danish business executive
Bianca Buitendag (born 1993), South African Olympic professional surfer
Bianca Bustamante (born 2005), Filipina racing driver
Bianca Butler (born 1989), American ice skater
Bianca Byington (born 1966), Brazilian actress
Bianca Canizio (born 1994), American soccer player
Bianca Carstensen (born 1975), Danish Olympic rower
Bianca Caruso (born 1996), Italian Olympic sailor
Bianca Casady (born 1982), American member of musical group CocoRosie
Bianca Castanho (born 1979), Brazilian actress
Bianca Castro-Arabejo (1980–2025), Filipina-American transgender drag queen, singer, and television personality
Bianca Censori (born 1995), Australian-born American architect and model; partner of rapper, songwriter, and record producer Kanye West
Bianca Chatfield (born 1982), Australian former international netball player
Bianca Chiminello (born 1976), Australian model and actress
Bianca Ciambriello, British former model; widow of noble Jago Eliot
Bianca Claxton, English past member of girl group Parade (group)
Bianca Collins (born 1988), American actress, curator, and writer
Bianca Comparato (born 1985), Brazilian actress
Bianca Costea (born 2005), Romanian Olympic swimmer
Bianca Cugno (born 2003), Argentine volleyball player
Bianca Curmenț (born 1997), Romanian handball player
Bianca D'Agostino (born 1989), American former NWSL- and WPS player
Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto (born 1994), Canadian artistic gymnast
Bianca de Jong-Muhren (born 1986), Dutch chess player
Bianca de la Garza, American journalist and television personality
Bianca Del Carretto (born 1985), Italian Olympic épée fencer
Bianca Della Porta (born 1991), Canadian professional ice hockey- and rugby player
Bianca Del Rio (born 1975), American drag queen, comedian, actor, and costume designer
Bianca de Oliveira Lima (born 1996), Brazilian badminton player
Bianca Desai, Indian actress
Bianca de Vera (born 2002), Filipina actress and Internet personality
Bianca Devins (2001–2019), American murder victim
Bianca Dittrich, several people
Bianca Donati (born 1995), Argentine field hockey player
Bianca Doria (1915–1985), Italian actress
Bianca Druță, Moldovan international footballer
Bianca Dye (born 1973), Australian radio presenter
Bianca Elmir (born 1982), Saudi Arabian-born Australian boxer
Bianca Erwee (born 1990), South African retired heptathlete
Bianca Falcidieno, Italian applied mathematician
Bianca Farella (born 1992), Canadian Olympic rugby player
Bianca Farriol (born 2001), Argentine Olympic volleyball player
Bianca Ferguson (born 1955), American actress
Bianca Fernandez (born 2004), Canadian tennis player
Bianca Froese-Acquaye (born 1964), German painter, photographer, producer, vocalist, and author
Bianca Frogner (born 1979), American health economist and associate professor
Bianca Garavelli (1958–2021), Italian writer and literary critic
Bianca Garcia (born 1986), American politician
Bianca Gascoigne (born 1986), British glamour model and television personality
Bianca Ghelber (born 1990), Romanian Olympic hammer thrower
Bianca Giteau (born 1984), Australian former netball player
Bianca Gittany (born 1999), Australian-born Croatian footballer
Bianca Golden, American contestant on America's Next Top Model season 9
Bianca Gomes (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
Bianca Gonzalez (born 1983), Filipina television host and model
Bianca Gotuaco (born 1997), Filipina recurve archer
Bianca Guaccero (born 1981), Italian actress, singer, and television presenter
Bianca Halstead (1965–2001), American rock musician
Bianca Hammett (born 1990), Australian Olympic synchronized swimmer
Bianca Hanif, German past member of pop group Super Moonies
Bianca Hein (born 1975), German actress
Bianca Heinicke (born 1993), German fashion- and beauty YouTuber
Bianca Hendrickse-Spendlove, English actress and journalist
Bianca Henninger (born 1990), American-born Mexican former professional footballer
Bianca Hunt (born 1995/1996), Australian television presenter and talent agent
Bianca Hunter (born 1969), American actress
Bianca Hyslop, New Zealand Māori dancer and choreographer
Bianca Ingrosso (born 1994), Swedish blogger, social influencer, television personality, entrepreneur, and singer
Bianca Jagger (born 1945), Nicaraguan social activist, human rights advocate, and former actress
Bianca Jakobsson (born 1993), Australian AFLW player
Bianca Jones Marlin (born 1986), American neuroscientist and assistant professor
Bianca Joyce (born 1990), Australian former field hockey player
Bianca Kajlich (born 1977), American actress
Bianca Kappler (born 1977), German Olympic long jumper
Bianca King (born 1986), German-born Filipina-Canadian actress and model
Bianca Knight (born 1989), American former Olympic sprinter
Bianca Krijgsman (born 1968), Dutch comedian and actress
Bianca Kronlöf (born 1985), Swedish actress, comedian, and screenwriter
Bianca Lamblin (1921–2011), French writer
Bianca Langham-Pritchard (born 1975), Australian former international field hockey player
Bianca Laura Saibante (1723–1797), Italian poet and playwright
Bianca Lawson (born 1979), American actress
Bianca Leigh, American transgender actress
Bianca Leilua, Samoan competitive sailor
Bianca Majolie (1900–1997), Italian-born American story artist, concept artist, and writer
Bianca Manacorda (born 1997), Italian pair skater
Bianca Manalo (born 1986), Filipina actress and beauty pageant titleholder
Bianca Mann (born 1995), South African former artistic gymnast
Bianca Marchesan (born 1999), Brazilian graphic designer and multimedia artist
Bianca Marcusohn, birth name of Cristina Luca Boico (1916–2002), Romanian communist activist
Bianca Maria Meda (c. 1661–c. 1732), Italian Roman Catholic nun and Baroque composer
Bianca Maria Piccinino (1924–2025), Italian journalist and television hostess
Bianca Marin (born 1999), Romanian handball player
Bianca Marroquín, Mexican musical theatre- and television actress, and dancer and singer
Bianca Matte (born 1990), Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder
Bianca Mayer (born 1979), Swiss musician and singer
Bianca Mendonça (born 1993), Brazilian retired rhythmic gymnast
Bianca Mikahn, American poet, spoken word artist, hip hop musician, and activist
Bianca Milesi (1790–1849), Italian patriot, writer, and painter
Bianca Miquela Landrau, real name of Bia (rapper) (born 1990), American rapper, singer, and songwriter
Bianca Moon (born 1988), Australian singer-songwriter
Bianca Mora (born 1996), American professional soccer player
Bianca Mosca (?–1950), Italian-born British fashion designer
Bianca Muratagic (born 1977), Swedish singer, hostess, singing teacher, entrepreneur, booking agent, and columnist
Bianca Narea (born 1986), Romanian Olympic alpine skier
Bianca Netzler, several people
Bianca Nicholas, English past member of vocal duo Electro Velvet
Bianca Nobilo, New Zealand former journalist; daughter of professional golfer Frank Nobilo
Bianca Noel Piper (born 1991), American person missing since 2005
Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (born 1968), Nigerian beauty pageant titleholder, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman; widow of former Biafran President Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Bianca Pagdanganan (born 1997), Filipina professional golfer
Bianca Pascu (born 1988), Romanian Olympic sabre fencer
Bianca Piccolomini Clementini (1875–1959), Italian Roman Catholic nun
Bianca Pinheiro (born 1987), Brazilian comics artist and illustrator
Bianca Pitzorno (born 1942), Italian writer
Bianca Poggianti (born 1967), Italian astronomer
Bianca Quinalha (born 1993), Brazilian BMX rider
Bianca Raffaella (born 1992), English blind artist, activist, and public speaker
Bianca Rantala (born 1999), Estonian-Finnish musician, composer, and conductor
Bianca Răzor (born 1994), Romanian Olympic sprinter
Bianca Rech (born 1981), German sports director and former professional footballer
Bianca Reddy (born 1982), Australian former netball player
Bianca Regina Lyttle Reyes, birth name of Sophie Albert (born 1990), Filipina actress, television personality, model, and singer
Bianca Reinert (c. 1966–2018), Brazilian biologist and ornithologist
Bianca Ribi (born 1996), Canadian Olympic bobsledder
Bianca Rinaldi (born 1974), Brazilian actress
Bianca Rivera (born 1987), Puerto Rican volleyball player
Bianca Rosa Hansberg (born 1941), Italian former sport shooter
Bianca Roses, American contestant on Survivor 48
Bianca Rossi (born 1954), Italian Olympic basketball player
Bianca Rowland (born 1990), American volleyball player
Bianca Russell (born 1978), New Zealand Olympic field hockey player
Bianca Ryan (born 1994), American musician, singer, and songwriter
Bianca Salming (born 1998), Swedish heptathlete
Bianca Sánchez (born 1996), Uruguayan model and beauty pageant titleholder
Bianca Sandu (born 1992), Romanian footballer
Bianca Santana (born 1984), Brazilian writer, researcher, journalist, and teacher
Bianca Santos (born 1990), American actress
Bianca Scacciati (1894–1948), Italian operatic dramatic soprano
Bianca Schenk (1918–2000), Austrian Olympic figure skater
Bianca Schmidt (born 1990), German footballer
Bianca Schroeder, Canadian computer scientist and professor
Bianca Shomburg (born 1974), German singer
Bianca Sierra (born 1992), American-born Mexican former professional footballer
Bianca Silva (born 1998), Brazilian rugby union- and sevens player
Bianca (singer) (born 1948), German singer and composer
Bianca Smith (born 1991), American professional baseball coach
Bianca Solorzano (born 1974), American television journalist
Bianca Spender (born 1976), Australian fashion designer
Bianca Spriggs (born 1981), American poet, multidisciplinary artist, and professor
Bianca St-Georges (born 1997), Canadian NWSL player
Bianca Stigter (born 1964), Dutch writer, director, and producer
Bianca Stone, American poet and cartoonist
Bianca Stuart (born 1988), Bahamian Olympic long jumper
Bianca Szíjgyártó (born 1981), Hungarian former competitive ice dancer
Bianca Tchoubar (1910–1990), French Ukrainian chemist
Bianca Thornton, real name of Lady Bianca (born 1953), American electric blues singer, songwriter, actress, and arranger
Bianca Tiron (born 1995), Romanian handballer
Bianca Tognocchi, Italian operatic soprano
Bianca Tragni (born 1944), Italian journalist and writer
Bianca Turati (born 1997), Italian former WTA player
Bianca Umali (born 2000), Filipina actress, television host, singer, dancer, and model
Bianca Urbanke (born 1967), German handball player
Bianca Valenti (born c. 1986), American professional big-wave surfer and sports equity activist
Bianca van den Hoek (born 1976), Dutch racing cyclist
Bianca van der Velden (born 1976), Dutch Olympic synchronized swimmer
Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959), New Zealand artist
Bianca Viray (born 1983), American mathematician and professor
Bianca Virnig, American politician
Bianca Voitek (born 1985), German bodybuilder
Bianca Walkden (born 1991), English Olympic taekwondo athlete
Bianca Wallin (1909–2006), Swedish painter
Bianca Walter (born 1990), German short-track speed skater
Bianca Webb (born 2001), Australian AFLW player
Bianca Weech (born 1984), German footballer
Bianca Weiß (born 1968), German former field hockey player
Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, American neurologist and professor
Bianca Williams (born 1993), English Olympic sprinter
Bianca Williams (anthropologist) (born 1980), American cultural anthropologist, feminist, author, academic, and assistant professor
Bianca Wood (born 2000), South African field hockey player
Bianca Woolford (born 1991), Australian Paralympic cyclist with cerebral palsy
Bianca Wylie (born 1979), Canadian civic tech reformer, open government- and privacy advocate, and writer
Bianca Xunise, American cartoonist, illustrator, and academic

Surname

Male

Stefano Bianca, Swiss architectural historian and urban designer

Female

Sondra Bianca (born 1930), American concert pianist and pedagogue
Venere Bianca (born 1959), Italian model, pornographic actress, and author
Viva Bianca (born 1983), Australian actress

Fictional characters

Bianca, in the 2011 action role-playing video game Dragon Age II
Bianca, in the Japanese role-playing video game series Dragon Quest
Bianca, in the 2007 US comedy-drama film Lars and the Real Girl
Bianca, in Mariah Carey's music video for her 1999 single Heartbreaker, and in her 2002 song Boy (I Need You)
Bianca, in the 2000 platform video game Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Bianca, in the 2019 animated adventure comedy film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, voiced by Brooklynn Prince
Bianca, in the 1828 opera Bianca e Fernando
Bianca, in the 2002 Japanese animated film Pokémon Heroes
Bianca, in the TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Bianca, in the US TV series Henry Danger
Bianca, in Pokémon Black and White
Bianca (Othello), in the c. 1603 UK tragedy play Othello
Bianca (That's So Raven), in the US TV fantasy teen sitcom That's So Raven
Bianca Barclay, in the US supernatural mystery comedy TV series Wednesday, played by Joy Sunday
Bianca Berger, in the German telenovela Bianca – Wege zum Glück, played by Tanja Wedhorn
Bianca Bikini, in the US superhero animated sitcom The Powerpuff Girls
Bianca Castafiore, in the French comic series The Adventures of Tintin
Bianca DeSousa, in the Canadian teen drama TV franchise Degrassi, played by Alicia Josipovic
Bianca di Angelo, in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series
Bianca Dupree, in the 1987 animated children's TV program Beverly Hills Teens, voiced by Tracey Moore and Terri Hawkes
Bianca Erdmann, in the 1973 US novel Gravity's Rainbow
Bianca Jackson, in the UK TV soap opera EastEnders, played by Patsy Palmer
Bianca Lussi, in the Italian live-action sitcom Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends, played by Giorgia Boni
Bianca Minola, in the 1590–1592 UK comedy play The Taming of the Shrew
Bianca Montgomery, in the US TV soap opera All My Children, played by Jessica Leigh Falborn, Caroline Wilde, Lacey Chabert, Gina Gallagher, Nathalie Paulding, Eden Riegel, and Christina Bennett Lind
Bianca Nugent, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Jane Harber
Bianca Piper, in the novel and the 2015 US teen comedy film The DUFF, played by Mae Whitman
Bianca Reyes (comics), in the US comic book publisher DC Comics
Bianca Scott, in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, played by Lisa Gormley
Bianca Solderini, in the US Gothic vampire novel series The Vampire Chronicles
Bianca Stratford, in the 1999 US teen romantic comedy film 10 Things I Hate About You, played by Larisa Oleynik
Bianca Vidal, in the Mexican telenovela Bianca Vidal, played by Edith González
Bianca Zanotti, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Annie Gagliardi
Bianca Zeboat, in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, played by Lara Cox
Miss Bianca, in the UK children's novel series The Rescuers; the 1977 US animated adventure comedy-drama film The Rescuers and its 1990 sequel, voiced by Eva Gabor

Other uses

Bianca (moon), a moon of Uranus

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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[1] Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1863). History of Christian Names. Vol. 2. Parker, Son, and Bourn. Retrieved 6 April 2010.

[2] 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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