Bligh Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Looking for a Bligh coat of arms? Arms were granted to families, not to surnames, and our research shows which heraldic tradition fits yours.

What Bligh means

Bligh is a familiar spelling of the English name Blyth. At root, the name means “Cheerful, or from the River Blyth”.

Records show Bligh as one of the forms Blyth took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Blythe. The 2010 US Census counted 658 people named Bligh, ranking it number 34,427 among American surnames. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

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