Family name origins & meanings
- English : variant of Blade, from the plural or genitive singular form.
- English : habitational name from a place of uncertain location and origin. Its status as a habitational name is deduced from early forms cited by Reaney, such as Alan de Bladis (Leicestershire 1230), Hugh de Bladis (Staffordshire 1258), and William de Blades (Yorkshire 1301).