Meaning and Origin
What does the name Blue mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Blue
User Submitted Origins
English
73%
American
18%
Spanish
9%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from North Carolina, U.S., the name Blue is of English origin and means "the name Blue means 'Strength and determination, witty and kind, calm under pressure'".
- According to a user from Utah, U.S., the name Blue means "Strength and determination, witty and kind, calm under pressure".
- A user from Singapore says the name Blue means "I think the name blue means leader of pack".
- According to a user from Missouri, U.S., the name Blue means "Color blue".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective Blue
Senses
- Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets."The bluefirmament." [Milton.]
- Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.
- Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue .
- Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue .(Colloq)
- Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.
- Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.(Colloq)"The ladies were very blue and well informed." [Thackeray.]"For his religion . . . 'T was Presbyterian, true blue." [Hudibras.]
Etymology: OE. bla blo blew, blue, livid, black, fr. Icel.blār livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. blå, D. blauw, OHG. blāo, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. blāo
noun Blue
Senses
- One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color.Sometimes,(poetically)the sky; as, to fly off into the blue .
- A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.(Colloq)
- (pl.)Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.(Colloq)
Etymology: Short for blue devils
verb Blue
To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
Other Dictionary Sources
- Any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- Blue clothing ("she was wearing blue")
- Blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime ("he had eyes of bright blue")
- Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue ("the Union army was a vast blue")
- The sky as viewed during daylight ("he shot an arrow into the blue")
- Used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- Turn blue
- Causing dejection ("a blue day")
- Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky ("October's bright blue weather", "a blue flame", and "blue haze of tobacco smoke")
- Characterized by profanity or cursing ("blue language")
- Filled with melancholy and despondency ("lonely and blue in a strange city")
- Morally rigorous and strict ("blue laws")
- Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy ("a blue family", "blue blood", and "the blue-blooded aristocracy")
- Used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) ("a ragged blue line")
- Suggestive of sexual impropriety ("a blue movie" and "blue jokes")
Wiktionary
- A surname. An anglicization of German Blau.
- (rare) A female given name from English, typically used in conjoined names like Bonnie Blue or Blue Bell.
- A male nickname, occasionally used as a formal given name.
- A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge.
- (historical) A member of the Royal Horse Guards (which merged with the 1st Dragoons in 1969)
- Synonym of British Blue (“a breed of cat”)