Bligh Family History
Bligh Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Blythe with Anglo-Norman loss of th. Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Ó Blighe ‘descendant of Blighe’ probably a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse byname Blígr (from blígja ‘to gaze’). Cornish: nickname from Cornish blyth ‘wolf’. Compare Blethen .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022