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Blake.

A surname.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/bleɪk/
  1. A surname. An English surname transferred from the nickname.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A surname. A surname from Irish.

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  3. A unisex given name. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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  4. A unisex given name. A female given name transferred from the surname.

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  5. An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States.

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Where this word comes from

A surname derived from either Old English blæc (“black”) or from Old English blāc (“pale, fair, shining, white”), or as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Bláthmaic.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.