a male given name, equivalent to English Blaise or French Blaise
köken: Subseded the earlier and local variants Blasi ~ Blasio, Biasi ~ Biasio, Jasi. Ultimately from Late Latin Blasi(us), the name of a 3rd–4th century Armenian saint, possibly Latinized from an Ancient Greek name. Cognate with French Blaise, Neapolitan Jasi, Portuguese Brás, Sicilian Vrasi, Spanish Blas, and Venetan Biasio.