Bligh

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English

Alternative forms

Blee

Etymology

As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Blighe (“descendant of Blighe”), probably Gaelicized from Old Norse Blígr, from blígja (“to gaze, stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyg-, from *bʰel- (“to shine”).
As a Cornish surname, from bleydh (“wolf”). Compare Blethen.
As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Blythe.

Proper noun

Bligh (plural Blighs)

A surname from Irish.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Bligh is the 34427^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 658 individuals. Bligh is most common among White (95.59%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bligh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173.

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