Blaise is the French form of the Latin Blasius, which is usually explained from blaesus, "lisping" or "stammering". Saint Blaise, a 4th-century bishop and physician, is invoked against throat ailments, and the mathematician Blaise Pascal gave the name an intellectual air. In the United States Blaise ranked number 943 in 2000, peaked at number 803 in 2002 and has stayed near the top 1000 line, ranking number 1038 in 2025.