Blake

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

    1. An English surname transferred from the nickname.

    2. A surname from Irish.

  2. A unisex given name.

    1. A male given name transferred from the surname.

    2. (rather rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.

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

Origin

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.

Forms

Blakes

Derived

Blakean Blake Basin Blake Island Blake River Blake Village