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Blessing

Blessing: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“divine favor; something blessed”
Origin
English
Say it
BLES-ing · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (90% of all uses)

An English word name from 'bless'. It is also used as a given name in parts of Africa, especially in English-speaking communities.

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How popular is Blessing?

202484.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Blessing in 2024278

2024 rank#1,113 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18804,639

Blessing is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Blessing

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Blessing questions

What does the name Blessing mean?

Blessing means "divine favor; something blessed". It comes from English. An English word name from 'bless'. It is also used as a given name in parts of Africa, especially in English-speaking communities.

Is Blessing a boy or girl name?

Blessing is mainly a girl's name in US records (90% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Blessing?

278 US babies were named Blessing in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Blessing?

Blessing is usually pronounced BLES-ing.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.