Blaisdell

English

Alternative forms

• Blasdell, Blazdell

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from the Old Norse personal name Blesi, a byname from blesi (“blaze, white spot”), + dalr (“valley”).

Proper noun

Blaisdell (plural Blaisdells)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blaisdell is the 8551^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3852 individuals. Blaisdell is most common among White (93.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blaisdell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 168.