The name of this great American music probably originated with the 17th-century English expression “the blue devils,” for the intense visual hallucinations that can accompany severe alcohol withdrawal. Shortened over time to “the blues,” it came to mean a state of agitation or depression.
Bluford Name Meaning. Possibly English, a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. The name occurs in records of the 19th century but is now very rare if not extinct in the British Isles.
The name Bly is a Native American baby name. In Native American the meaning of the name Bly is: Tall.
The ancestors of the Blyde family lived among the Strathclyde-Briton people in the Scottish/English Borderlands. It is a name for a happy or cheerful person. Further research revealed that the name is derived from the Old English word blithe, which described a person exhibiting the aforementioned characteristics.
Blyth is a surname of Scottish origin. It is derived from the Old English pre 7th Century "blithe", meaning a happy or cheerful person. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Blyth (1929–2007), English musicologist.
