Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. It is known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It came to greater notice in the 1970s, due to public figures such as Bianca Jagger.

Variants

  • Blanche: French
  • Bianca: Italian, Romanian, Spanish
  • Bianka (Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, German, English, French, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Corsican, Greek)
  • Blanca (French, English, Icelandic, Hungarian, Spanish)
  • Blanka (Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Croatian)
  • Branca (Portuguese)

People

Given name

Medieval period

  • Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Italian noblewoman and Grand Duchess of Francesco I de' Medici
  • Bianca de' Medici (1445–1505), Italian noblewoman, landowner, and musician
  • Bianca Giovanna Sforza, (1482–1496), Italian noblewoman and Countess of Bobbio and Voghera; wife of Galeazzo Sanseverino
  • Bianca Lancia (c. 1200–c. 1233), Italian noblewoman; wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
  • Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Queen of Germany and Holy Roman Empress; wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
  • Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Italian Duchess of Milan; wife of Francesco I Sforza
  • Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Italian Lady of Milan; wife of Galeazzo II Visconti
  • Bianca Riario (1478–1524), Italian noblewoman and regent; wife of Troilo I de' Rossi

Modern era

  • Bianca Acevedo, American neuroscientist and love researcher
  • Bianca Alencar, Brazilian voice actress, dubbing director, singer, songwriter, and digital influencer
  • Bianca Allaine (born 1979), American actress, host, and model
  • Bianca Allen, American voice actress
  • Bianca Amato, South African actress
  • Bianca Ambrosetti (1914–1933), Italian Olympic gymnast
  • Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian professional tennis player
  • Bianca Andrew (born 1989), New Zealand operatic mezzo-soprano
  • Bianca Anghel (born 1985), Romanian long-track speed skater
  • Bianca Atterberry (born 1988), American songwriter
  • Bianca Atzei (born 1987), Italian singer and television personality
  • Bianca Augustyn (born 1998), South African rugby sevens player
  • Bianca Baak (born 1992), Dutch middle-distance runner
  • Bianca Babb (1856–1950), American pioneer woman and former captive of the Comanche people
  • Bianca Bagnarelli (born 1988), Italian artist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist
  • Bianca Bai (born 1982), Taiwanese actress and model
  • Bianca Balti (born 1984), Italian model
  • Bianca Baptiste (born 1992), English former professional footballer
  • Bianca Bardin (born 2000), Italian professional footballer
  • Bianca Basílio (born 1996), Brazilian submission grappler, mixed martial artist, and Jiu Jitsu athlete
  • Bianca Bazaliu (born 1997), Romanian handballer
  • Bianca Beauchamp (born 1977), Canadian fetish model
  • Bianca Beetson, Indigenous Australian contemporary artist
  • Bianca Belair (born 1989), American professional wrestler, and fitness and figure competitor
  • Bianca Bellová (born 1970), Czech writer
  • Bianca Berlinguer (born 1959), Italian journalist and former news anchor
  • Bianca Biaggi, Brazilian pornographic actress
  • Bianca Bianchi, several people
  • Bianca Biasi (born 1979), Australian producer, director, actress, and author
  • Bianca Bin (born 1990), Brazilian actress
  • Bianca Bloch (1848–1901), German author
  • Bianca Bonnie, American rapper, singer, songwriter, and television personality
  • Bianca Borgella (born 2003), Canadian visually impaired Paralympic sprinter
  • Bianca Bosker, American journalist and non-fiction author
  • Bianca Botto (born 1991), Peruvian former tennis player
  • Bianca Bradey, Australian actress
  • Bianca Brandolini d'Adda (born 1987), Italian model, actress, and socialite
  • Bianca Bruhn (born 1975), Danish business executive
  • Bianca Buitendag (born 1993), South African Olympic professional surfer
  • Bianca Bustamante (born 2005), Filipina racing driver
  • Bianca Butler (born 1989), American ice skater
  • Bianca Byington (born 1966), Brazilian actress
  • Bianca Canizio (born 1994), American soccer player
  • Bianca Carstensen (born 1975), Danish Olympic rower
  • Bianca Caruso (born 1996), Italian Olympic sailor
  • Bianca Casady (born 1982), American member of musical group CocoRosie
  • Bianca Castanho (born 1979), Brazilian actress
  • Bianca Castro-Arabejo (1980–2025), Filipina-American transgender drag queen, singer, and television personality
  • Bianca Censori (born 1995), Australian-born American architect and model; partner of rapper, songwriter, and record producer Kanye West
  • Bianca Chatfield (born 1982), Australian former international netball player
  • Bianca Chiminello (born 1976), Australian model and actress
  • Bianca Ciambriello, British former model; widow of noble Jago Eliot
  • Bianca Claxton, English past member of girl group Parade (group)
  • Bianca Collins (born 1988), American actress, curator, and writer
  • Bianca Comparato (born 1985), Brazilian actress
  • Bianca Costea (born 2005), Romanian Olympic swimmer
  • Bianca Cugno (born 2003), Argentine volleyball player
  • Bianca Curmenț (born 1997), Romanian handball player
  • Bianca D'Agostino (born 1989), American former NWSL- and WPS player
  • Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto (born 1994), Canadian artistic gymnast
  • Bianca de Jong-Muhren (born 1986), Dutch chess player
  • Bianca de la Garza, American journalist and television personality
  • Bianca Del Carretto (born 1985), Italian Olympic épée fencer
  • Bianca Della Porta (born 1991), Canadian professional ice hockey- and rugby player
  • Bianca Del Rio (born 1975), American drag queen, comedian, actor, and costume designer
  • Bianca de Oliveira Lima (born 1996), Brazilian badminton player
  • Bianca Desai, Indian actress
  • Bianca de Vera (born 2002), Filipina actress and Internet personality
  • Bianca Devins (2001–2019), American murder victim
  • Bianca Dittrich, several people
  • Bianca Donati (born 1995), Argentine field hockey player
  • Bianca Doria (1915–1985), Italian actress
  • Bianca Druță, Moldovan international footballer
  • Bianca Dye (born 1973), Australian radio presenter
  • Bianca Elmir (born 1982), Saudi Arabian-born Australian boxer
  • Bianca Erwee (born 1990), South African retired heptathlete
  • Bianca Falcidieno, Italian applied mathematician
  • Bianca Farella (born 1992), Canadian Olympic rugby player
  • Bianca Farriol (born 2001), Argentine Olympic volleyball player
  • Bianca Ferguson (born 1955), American actress
  • Bianca Fernandez (born 2004), Canadian tennis player
  • Bianca Froese-Acquaye (born 1964), German painter, photographer, producer, vocalist, and author
  • Bianca Frogner (born 1979), American health economist and associate professor
  • Bianca Garavelli (1958–2021), Italian writer and literary critic
  • Bianca Garcia (born 1986), American politician
  • Bianca Gascoigne (born 1986), British glamour model and television personality
  • Bianca Ghelber (born 1990), Romanian Olympic hammer thrower
  • Bianca Giteau (born 1984), Australian former netball player
  • Bianca Gittany (born 1999), Australian-born Croatian footballer
  • Bianca Golden, American contestant on America's Next Top Model season 9
  • Bianca Gomes (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
  • Bianca Gonzalez (born 1983), Filipina television host and model
  • Bianca Gotuaco (born 1997), Filipina recurve archer
  • Bianca Guaccero (born 1981), Italian actress, singer, and television presenter
  • Bianca Halstead (1965–2001), American rock musician
  • Bianca Hammett (born 1990), Australian Olympic synchronized swimmer
  • Bianca Hanif, German past member of pop group Super Moonies
  • Bianca Hein (born 1975), German actress
  • Bianca Heinicke (born 1993), German fashion- and beauty YouTuber
  • Bianca Hendrickse-Spendlove, English actress and journalist
  • Bianca Henninger (born 1990), American-born Mexican former professional footballer
  • Bianca Hunt (born 1995/1996), Australian television presenter and talent agent
  • Bianca Hunter (born 1969), American actress
  • Bianca Hyslop, New Zealand Māori dancer and choreographer
  • Bianca Ingrosso (born 1994), Swedish blogger, social influencer, television personality, entrepreneur, and singer
  • Bianca Jagger (born 1945), Nicaraguan social activist, human rights advocate, and former actress
  • Bianca Jakobsson (born 1993), Australian AFLW player
  • Bianca Jones Marlin (born 1986), American neuroscientist and assistant professor
  • Bianca Joyce (born 1990), Australian former field hockey player
  • Bianca Kajlich (born 1977), American actress
  • Bianca Kappler (born 1977), German Olympic long jumper
  • Bianca King (born 1986), German-born Filipina-Canadian actress and model
  • Bianca Knight (born 1989), American former Olympic sprinter
  • Bianca Krijgsman (born 1968), Dutch comedian and actress
  • Bianca Kronlöf (born 1985), Swedish actress, comedian, and screenwriter
  • Bianca Lamblin (1921–2011), French writer
  • Bianca Langham-Pritchard (born 1975), Australian former international field hockey player
  • Bianca Laura Saibante (1723–1797), Italian poet and playwright
  • Bianca Lawson (born 1979), American actress
  • Bianca Leigh, American transgender actress
  • Bianca Leilua, Samoan competitive sailor
  • Bianca Majolie (1900–1997), Italian-born American story artist, concept artist, and writer
  • Bianca Manacorda (born 1997), Italian pair skater
  • Bianca Manalo (born 1986), Filipina actress and beauty pageant titleholder
  • Bianca Mann (born 1995), South African former artistic gymnast
  • Bianca Marchesan (born 1999), Brazilian graphic designer and multimedia artist
  • Bianca Marcusohn, birth name of Cristina Luca Boico (1916–2002), Romanian communist activist
  • Bianca Maria Meda (c. 1661–c. 1732), Italian Roman Catholic nun and Baroque composer
  • Bianca Maria Piccinino (1924–2025), Italian journalist and television hostess
  • Bianca Marin (born 1999), Romanian handball player
  • Bianca Marroquín, Mexican musical theatre- and television actress, and dancer and singer
  • Bianca Matte (born 1990), Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder
  • Bianca Mayer (born 1979), Swiss musician and singer
  • Bianca Mendonça (born 1993), Brazilian retired rhythmic gymnast
  • Bianca Mikahn, American poet, spoken word artist, hip hop musician, and activist
  • Bianca Milesi (1790–1849), Italian patriot, writer, and painter
  • Bianca Miquela Landrau, real name of Bia (rapper) (born 1990), American rapper, singer, and songwriter
  • Bianca Moon (born 1988), Australian singer-songwriter
  • Bianca Mora (born 1996), American professional soccer player
  • Bianca Mosca (?–1950), Italian-born British fashion designer
  • Bianca Muratagic (born 1977), Swedish singer, hostess, singing teacher, entrepreneur, booking agent, and columnist
  • Bianca Narea (born 1986), Romanian Olympic alpine skier
  • Bianca Netzler, several people
  • Bianca Nicholas, English past member of vocal duo Electro Velvet
  • Bianca Nobilo, New Zealand former journalist; daughter of professional golfer Frank Nobilo
  • Bianca Noel Piper (born 1991), American person missing since 2005
  • Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (born 1968), Nigerian beauty pageant titleholder, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman; widow of former Biafran President Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
  • Bianca Pagdanganan (born 1997), Filipina professional golfer
  • Bianca Pascu (born 1988), Romanian Olympic sabre fencer
  • Bianca Piccolomini Clementini (1875–1959), Italian Roman Catholic nun
  • Bianca Pinheiro (born 1987), Brazilian comics artist and illustrator
  • Bianca Pitzorno (born 1942), Italian writer
  • Bianca Poggianti (born 1967), Italian astronomer
  • Bianca Quinalha (born 1993), Brazilian BMX rider
  • Bianca Raffaella (born 1992), English blind artist, activist, and public speaker
  • Bianca Rantala (born 1999), Estonian-Finnish musician, composer, and conductor
  • Bianca Răzor (born 1994), Romanian Olympic sprinter
  • Bianca Rech (born 1981), German sports director and former professional footballer
  • Bianca Reddy (born 1982), Australian former netball player
  • Bianca Regina Lyttle Reyes, birth name of Sophie Albert (born 1990), Filipina actress, television personality, model, and singer
  • Bianca Reinert (c. 1966–2018), Brazilian biologist and ornithologist
  • Bianca Ribi (born 1996), Canadian Olympic bobsledder
  • Bianca Rinaldi (born 1974), Brazilian actress
  • Bianca Rivera (born 1987), Puerto Rican volleyball player
  • Bianca Rosa Hansberg (born 1941), Italian former sport shooter
  • Bianca Roses, American contestant on Survivor 48
  • Bianca Rossi (born 1954), Italian Olympic basketball player
  • Bianca Rowland (born 1990), American volleyball player
  • Bianca Russell (born 1978), New Zealand Olympic field hockey player
  • Bianca Ryan (born 1994), American musician, singer, and songwriter
  • Bianca Salming (born 1998), Swedish heptathlete
  • Bianca Sánchez (born 1996), Uruguayan model and beauty pageant titleholder
  • Bianca Sandu (born 1992), Romanian footballer
  • Bianca Santana (born 1984), Brazilian writer, researcher, journalist, and teacher
  • Bianca Santos (born 1990), American actress
  • Bianca Scacciati (1894–1948), Italian operatic dramatic soprano
  • Bianca Schenk (1918–2000), Austrian Olympic figure skater
  • Bianca Schmidt (born 1990), German footballer
  • Bianca Schroeder, Canadian computer scientist and professor
  • Bianca Shomburg (born 1974), German singer
  • Bianca Sierra (born 1992), American-born Mexican former professional footballer
  • Bianca Silva (born 1998), Brazilian rugby union- and sevens player
  • Bianca (singer) (born 1948), German singer and composer
  • Bianca Smith (born 1991), American professional baseball coach
  • Bianca Solorzano (born 1974), American television journalist
  • Bianca Spender (born 1976), Australian fashion designer
  • Bianca Spriggs (born 1981), American poet, multidisciplinary artist, and professor
  • Bianca St-Georges (born 1997), Canadian NWSL player
  • Bianca Stigter (born 1964), Dutch writer, director, and producer
  • Bianca Stone, American poet and cartoonist
  • Bianca Stuart (born 1988), Bahamian Olympic long jumper
  • Bianca Szíjgyártó (born 1981), Hungarian former competitive ice dancer
  • Bianca Tchoubar (1910–1990), French Ukrainian chemist
  • Bianca Thornton, real name of Lady Bianca (born 1953), American electric blues singer, songwriter, actress, and arranger
  • Bianca Tiron (born 1995), Romanian handballer
  • Bianca Tognocchi, Italian operatic soprano
  • Bianca Tragni (born 1944), Italian journalist and writer
  • Bianca Turati (born 1997), Italian former WTA player
  • Bianca Umali (born 2000), Filipina actress, television host, singer, dancer, and model
  • Bianca Urbanke (born 1967), German handball player
  • Bianca Valenti (born c. 1986), American professional big-wave surfer and sports equity activist
  • Bianca van den Hoek (born 1976), Dutch racing cyclist
  • Bianca van der Velden (born 1976), Dutch Olympic synchronized swimmer
  • Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959), New Zealand artist
  • Bianca Viray (born 1983), American mathematician and professor
  • Bianca Virnig, American politician
  • Bianca Voitek (born 1985), German bodybuilder
  • Bianca Walkden (born 1991), English Olympic taekwondo athlete
  • Bianca Wallin (1909–2006), Swedish painter
  • Bianca Walter (born 1990), German short-track speed skater
  • Bianca Webb (born 2001), Australian AFLW player
  • Bianca Weech (born 1984), German footballer
  • Bianca Weiß (born 1968), German former field hockey player
  • Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, American neurologist and professor
  • Bianca Williams (born 1993), English Olympic sprinter
  • Bianca Williams (anthropologist) (born 1980), American cultural anthropologist, feminist, author, academic, and assistant professor
  • Bianca Wood (born 2000), South African field hockey player
  • Bianca Woolford (born 1991), Australian Paralympic cyclist with cerebral palsy
  • Bianca Wylie (born 1979), Canadian civic tech reformer, open government- and privacy advocate, and writer
  • Bianca Xunise, American cartoonist, illustrator, and academic

Surname

Male

  • Stefano Bianca, Swiss architectural historian and urban designer

Female

  • Sondra Bianca (born 1930), American concert pianist and pedagogue
  • Venere Bianca (born 1959), Italian model, pornographic actress, and author
  • Viva Bianca (born 1983), Australian actress

Fictional characters

  • Bianca, in the 2011 action role-playing video game Dragon Age II
  • Bianca, in the Japanese role-playing video game series Dragon Quest
  • Bianca, in the 2007 US comedy-drama film Lars and the Real Girl
  • Bianca, in Mariah Carey's music video for her 1999 single Heartbreaker, and in her 2002 song Boy (I Need You)
  • Bianca, in the 2000 platform video game Spyro: Year of the Dragon
  • Bianca, in the 2019 animated adventure comedy film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, voiced by Brooklynn Prince
  • Bianca, in the 1828 opera Bianca e Fernando
  • Bianca, in the 2002 Japanese animated film Pokémon Heroes
  • Bianca, in the TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Bianca, in the US TV series Henry Danger
  • Bianca, in Pokémon Black and White
  • Bianca (Othello), in the c. 1603 UK tragedy play Othello
  • Bianca (That's So Raven), in the US TV fantasy teen sitcom That's So Raven
  • Bianca Barclay, in the US supernatural mystery comedy TV series Wednesday, played by Joy Sunday
  • Bianca Berger, in the German telenovela Bianca – Wege zum Glück, played by Tanja Wedhorn
  • Bianca Bikini, in the US superhero animated sitcom The Powerpuff Girls
  • Bianca Castafiore, in the French comic series The Adventures of Tintin
  • Bianca DeSousa, in the Canadian teen drama TV franchise Degrassi, played by Alicia Josipovic
  • Bianca di Angelo, in Percy Jackson & the Olympians
  • Bianca Dupree, in the 1987 animated children's TV program Beverly Hills Teens, voiced by Tracey Moore and Terri Hawkes
  • Bianca Erdmann, in the 1973 US novel Gravity's Rainbow
  • Bianca Jackson, in the UK TV soap opera EastEnders, played by Patsy Palmer
  • Bianca Lussi, in the Italian live-action sitcom Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends, played by Giorgia Boni
  • Bianca Minola, in the 1590–1592 UK comedy play The Taming of the Shrew
  • Bianca Montgomery, in the US TV soap opera All My Children, played by Jessica Leigh Falborn, Caroline Wilde, Lacey Chabert, Gina Gallagher, Nathalie Paulding, Eden Riegel, and Christina Bennett Lind
  • Bianca Nugent, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Jane Harber
  • Bianca Piper, in the novel and the 2015 US teen comedy film The DUFF, played by Mae Whitman
  • Bianca Reyes (comics), in the US comic book publisher DC Comics
  • Bianca Scott, in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, played by Lisa Gormley
  • Bianca Solderini, in the US Gothic vampire novel series The Vampire Chronicles
  • Bianca Stratford, in the 1999 US teen romantic comedy film 10 Things I Hate About You, played by Larisa Oleynik
  • Bianca Vidal, in the Mexican telenovela Bianca Vidal, played by Edith González
  • Bianca Zanotti, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Annie Gagliardi
  • Bianca Zeboat, in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, played by Lara Cox
  • Miss Bianca, in the UK children's novel series The Rescuers; the 1977 US animated adventure comedy-drama film The Rescuers and its 1990 sequel, voiced by Eva Gabor

Other uses

  • Bianca (moon), a moon of Uranus

See also

  • bianca.com
  • Bianka, a feminine given name
  • Branca, a feminine given name
  • Branka, a feminine given name
  • Blanche (given name), a feminine given name
  • Blanca (given name), a feminine given name
  • Blanka (given name), a feminine given name

References

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