Blue

A surname from German. An anglicization of German Blau.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from German. An anglicization of German Blau.
  2. A female given name from English, typically used in conjoined names like Bonnie Blue or Blue Bell.
  3. A male nickname, occasionally used as a formal given name. (Australia) Nickname for a person with ginger hair.

Origin

From the German surname, Americanized from Blau or its French cognate bleu.

Noun

  1. A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge.
  2. A member of the Royal Horse Guards (which merged with the 1st Dragoons in 1969)
    • Have you heard any news / Of that chap in the Blues / Was it Prosser, or Pyecroft, or Pimm? - 1944, Noël Coward, I Wonder What Happened to Him?, first verse:
  3. Synonym of British Blue (“a breed of cat”).
    • This Blue shows the remarkable, sleek bodyline of the breed. - 2001, Alan Edwards, The New Guide to Cat Breeds, page 89:

    Synonyms: British Blue

Forms

Blues