Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A surname from German. An anglicization of German Blau. · A female given name from English, typically used in conjoined names like Bonnie Blue or Blue Bell. · A male nickname, occasionally used as a formal given name. (Australia) Nickname for a person with ginger hair.
A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge. · A member of the Royal Horse Guards (which merged with the 1st Dragoons in 1969) · Synonym of British Blue (“a breed of cat”).
From the German surname, Americanized from Blau or its French cognate bleu.
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