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Blake

in the US

There are 58,027 people with the last name "Blake" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Blake 399
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  1. is 395th most common Mcgee
  2. is 396th most common Reese
  3. is 397th most common Curry
  4. is 398th most common Gill
  5. is 399th most common Blake
  6. is 400th most common Adkins
  7. is 401st most common Frank
  8. is 402nd most common Rowe
  9. is 403rd most common Walton

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Blake

Robert, James, John, William, David, Michael, Richard, Mary, 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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