Blake

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//bleɪk//

A surname. An English surname transferred from the nickname.

proper noun

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A surname. An English surname transferred from the nickname.
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A surname. A surname from Irish.
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A unisex given name. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A unisex given name. A female given name transferred from the surname.
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An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States.

Etymology

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

plural: Blakes

Blaine · A surname.Blair · A surname.blake · Yellow, as butter or cheese.

Blake · A surname. An English surname transferred from the nickname.

blame · Censure.blamed · euphemism of damned (intensifier)blaming · The act of accusing or assigning culpability to.

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