Submitted Name Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage English (Puritan) Pronounced Pron. BLEH-sing [key] Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 3/9/2006 by lindamaree Edited 2/10/2020 by Mike C Meaning & History From the English word blessing meaning "gift from God". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans around the 17th century.