Italian: from Italian bianco ‘white’ (of Germanic origin;
compare Old High German blanc ‘bright’, ‘shining’, ‘white’,
‘beautiful’), originally applied as a nickname for a man with white or
fair hair or a pale complexion, or for someone who habitually wore
white, especially in jousting or other competitions, and later used as
a personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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