Blake
Meaning of Blake
Blake comes from an English surname that began as a nickname describing a person's hair or complexion. Its meaning is uncertain: the source may be Old English blæc, meaning black or dark, or blāc, meaning pale or fair. It is pronounced BLAYK (/bleɪk/), rhyming with lake, and is given to both boys and girls.
Famous bearers of the surname include the English poet and artist William Blake. As a first name, it is familiar through the American actress Blake Lively, star of Gossip Girl.
In the U.S., Blake rose sharply in the early 1980s and ranked in the top 100 every year from 1989 to 2015, peaking at No. 71 in 2012. It has fallen since, to No. 316 in 2025, when 1,080 babies were given the name.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as BLAYK (/bleɪk/)
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Notable People Named Blake
| Blake Lively is an American actress who broke out in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and became a star as Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl, with notable film roles in New York, I Love You, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The Town, and Savages. |
| Blake Ferguson is a retired Australian rugby league player. |
| Blake Bell is an American former NFL tight end drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in 2015 who played at Oklahoma and earned the nickname Belldozer for his powerful running and blocking. |
| Blake Jenner is an American actor who won the second season of The Glee Project, played Ryder Lynn on Glee, and later appeared in Everybody Wants Some, The Edge of Seventeen, American Animals, and What If. |
