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Blake

in California

There are 3,989 people with the last name "Blake" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Blake 660
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  1. is 656th most common Mcgee
  2. is 657th most common Machado
  3. is 658th most common Bush
  4. is 659th most common Norton
  5. is 660th most common Blake
  6. is 661st most common Arreola
  7. is 662nd most common Chau
  8. is 663rd most common Goodwin
  9. is 664th most common Pimentel

Similar Names and Nicknames

Black, Blakely, Block, Blakley, Blakeney, Blakey, Blakemore, Blakeslee, Blakeman, Blakeley

Most Common First Names for Blake

John, James, Robert, Michael, Richard, David, William, Barbara, Thomas, Charles

Meaning & History

English: variant of Black 1, meaning ‘swarthy’ or ‘dark-haired’, from a byform of the Old English adjective blæc, blac ‘black’, with change of vowel length.

English: nickname from Old English blāc ‘wan’, ‘pale’, ‘white’, ‘fair’. In Middle English the two words blac and blāc, with opposite meanings, fell together as Middle English blake. In the absence of independent evidence as to whether the person referred to was dark or fair, it is now impossible to tell which sense was originally meant.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bláthmhaic ‘descendant of Bláthmhac’, a personal name from bláth ‘flower’, ‘blossom’, ‘fame’, ‘prosperity’ + mac ‘son’. In some instances, however, the Irish name is derived from Old English blæc ‘dark’, ‘swarthy’, as in 1 above. Many bearers are descended from Richard Caddell, nicknamed le blac, sheriff of Connacht in the early 14th century. The English name has been Gaelicized de Bláca.

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