Blake
Also spelled: Blayke
Used for girls and boys
- Meaning
- Origin disputed: Old English 'black, dark', or 'pale, fair': the two words look alike Disputed
The two meanings are near opposites, and medieval spellings often can't tell them apart.
- Origin
- English surname, from Old English
- Popularity
US 2025: #295 (girls), #316 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #596 (girls), #144 (boys)
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.