Blake

Blake is a surname or a given name which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory is that it is a corruption of "Ap Lake", meaning "Son of Lake".
Blake was the name of one of the 14 Tribes of Galway in Ireland. These Blakes were descendants of Richard Caddell, alias Blake, who was involved in the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169. As such a long present foreign name it became known as de Bláca in Irish.
The origins of the name Blake are also considered to be Old Norse, first appearing in Yorkshire, England, possibly derived from the word Blaker, referring to a village and a former municipality of Akershus county, Norway (east of Oslo).
"Blake", also means strong or bold.
The Blake surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 12th Century, making it one of the earliest on record, whilst later interesting examples of the name recordings taken from the 'Dictionary of National Biography' include the famous Admiral Robert Blake, 1599 - 1657, who destroyed the Spanish Fleet at Santa Cruz, and died on the way home, and Francis Blake, who earlier in 1635 had embarked from London on the ship "George" bound for Virginia. He is believed to have been the first of the many Blake's to colonize New England. The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Walter le Blake. This was dated 1167, in the "Pipe Rolls" of the county of Devonshire, and during the reign of King Henry 11nd, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation, and in most cases, but not seemingly this one, surnames in every country have continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Blake often refers to the British poet, painter and printmaker William Blake (1757–1827) or to the contemporary figurative artist Blake.

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Means: black, pale, white in Old English origin; from blaec (black) or blac (pale).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Blake Lively	1987	American actress
2	Blake Shelton	1976	American country music singer and television personality
3	Blake Jenner	1992	American actor and singer
4	Steve Blake	1980	American basketball player
5	Blake Griffin	1989	American professional basketball player
6	Amanda Blake	1929	American actress
7	Blake Edwards	1922	American film director, screenwriter and producer
8	Yohan Blake	1989	Jamaican sprinter
9	Blake Bortles	1992	American football quarterback
10	Sian Blake	1972
11	Blake Harrison	1985	British actor
12	James Blake	1979	American tennis player
13	Daphne Blake		Fictional character on Scooby-Doo
14	Blake McIver Ewing	1985	American actor
15	Whitney Blake	1926	Film and television actress, director; television producer
16	Blake Clark	1946	American actor
17	Wesley Blake	1987	Professional wrestler
18	Blake Michael	1996	American actor
19	Blake Ritson	1978	British actor and director
20	Quentin Blake	1932	English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer
21	Blake Sims	1992	An American football quarterback
22	Blake Tower
23	Hamish Blake	1981	Australian comedian, actor, and author from Melbourne, Australia
24	Madge Blake	1899	Actress
25	Blake Mycoskie	1976	Businessperson
26	Rachael Blake	1971	Australian actress
27	George Blake	1922	British spy, a double agent in the service of the Soviet Union
28	Blake Cooper	2001	American actor
29	James F. Blake	1912	American bus driver
30	Blake Mills	1986	Singer-songwriter
31	Blake Crouch	1978
32	Anita Blake		Fictional character
33	Sienna Blake
34	Blake Lewis	1981	American musician
35	Blake Foster	1985	American actor and martial artist
36	Susie Blake	1950	British actress
37	Blake Neely	1969	American composer
38	Blake Wheeler	1986	American ice hockey player
39	Bobby Blake	1957	African American gay pornographic actor
40	Eubie Blake	1887	Composer, lyricist, and pianist
41	Geoffrey Blake	1962	American film and television actor
42	Elijah Blake
43	Rob Blake	1969	Ice hockey player
44	Andre Blake	1990	Jamaican footballer
45	Flex-Deon Blake	1962	African American pornographic actor, adult model, writer
46	Blake Martinez	1994
47	Jeff Blake	1970	Player of American Football
48	Blake Snyder	1957	American screenwriter
49	Blake Bell	1991	American football player
50	Blake Sennett	1976	American actor-singer
51	Blake Farenthold	1961	Republican Congressman from Texas
52	Blake Carrington		Fictional character on the American TV series Dynasty
53	Blake Ross	1985	Software developer
54	Blake Ferguson	1990	Australian rugby league player
55	Blake Swihart	1992	American baseball player
56	Blind Blake	1893	American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
57	Blake Snell	1992	American professional baseball pitcher
58	Blake Woodruff	1995	American actor
59	Blake Barnett
60	Blake Schilb	1983	American professional basketball player
61	Blake Schwarzenbach	1967	American singer
62	Toe Blake	1912	Canadian ice hockey player
63	Blake Riley	1986	American actor
64	Blake McGrath	1983	Canadian dancer
65	Blake Harper	1968	Canadian actor & nurse
66	Blake Austin	1991	Australian/Portuguese rugby league player
67	Blake Shepard	1984	American voice actor
68	Julia Blake	1937	British actress
69	Vivian Blake	1956	Jamaican drug kingpin
70	Jameson Blake	1997
71	Sexton Blake
72	Howard Blake	1938	Composer
73	Blake Berris	1984	American actor
74	Blake Geoffrion	1988	American ice hockey player
75	Jason Blake	1973	American ice hockey player
76	Blake Irving		United States Chief Officer
77	Blake Countess	1993	American football player
78	Nathan Blake	1972	Footballer
79	Jennifer Blake	1983	Canadian professional wrestler
80	Tchad Blake	1955	American record producer, audio engineer and musician
81	Blake Rutherford	1997
82	Blake Anderson	1969	American football player and coach
83	Jeremy Blake	1971	Digital artist, painter
84	Richard H. Blake	1975	American actor
85	Frank Blake	1949	American businessman and lawyer
86	Norman Blake	1965	Scottish singer-songwriter
87	Blake Gottesman	1980	White House Deputy Chief of Staff
88	Jon Blake	1958	Actor
89	Casey Blake	1973	American baseball player
90	Catherine Blake	1762	British printer
91	Gillian Blake	1949	British actress
92	Robbie Blake	1976	Footballer
93	Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit	1990	American film actor
94	Blake Richards	1974	Canadian politician
95	Blake Bashoff	1981	American actor
96	Christopher Blake	1949	British actor
97	Blake Treinen	1988	American baseball player
98	Blake Richardson		Musician
99	Blake Gibbons	1961	American actor
100	Blake Green	1986	Australian rugby league player
101	Blake Kessel	1989	American ice hockey player
102	Tim Blake	1952	British musician
103	Blake Koch	1985	American stock car racing driver
104	Blake Heron	1982	American actor
105	Zoe Foster Blake	1980	Australian author, columnist, and CEO
106	Blake Comeau	1986	Canadian ice hockey player
107	Ashley Blake	1969	British newsreader
108	Blake Caparello	1986	Boxer
109	Stephanie Blake		American burlesque performer and actor
110	Blake Ahearn	1984	American basketball player
111	Blake Parker	1985	American baseball player
112	Darcy Blake	1988	Welsh footballer
113	Blake Morrison	1950	Poet and author
114	Josh Blake	1975	American actor
115	Edward Blake	1833	Canadian politician
116	Blake Hood		American actor
117	Blake Ayshford	1988	Australian rugby league player
118	Nola Blake		Australian drug trafficker
119	Blake Harnage	1988	American musician
120	Blake Judd	1982	American musician
121	Blake Nelson	1965	American writer
122	Henry Arthur Blake	1840	12th Governor of Hong Kong
123	Blake DeWitt	1985	American baseball player
124	Paul Blake	1990	British Paralympic athlete
125	Blake Powell	1991	Australian footballer
126	James Carlos Blake	1947	American writer
127	Noel Blake	1962	Jamaican footballer
128	Blake Beavan	1989	American baseball player
129	Antwon Blake	1990	American football player
130	Wanda Blake
131	Nayland Blake	1960	American artist
132	Blake Leeper	1989	Paralympic sprinter
133	Blake Stepp	1982	American basketball player
134	Joseph Blake	1700	British criminal
135	Blake Caracella	1977	Australian rules footballer
136	Blake Wood	1985	American baseball pitcher
137	Blake Masters		American writer, director, and producer of films and television series
138	Blake Fleming		American musician
139	Thomas Blake	1976	American tennis player
140	Blake Annen	1991	American football player
141	Blake Shields	1972	American actor
142	Philip Blake	1985	College Football player
143	S. Prestley Blake	1914
144	Ernie Blake	1913
145	Blake Skjellerup	1985	New Zealand speed skater
146	Larry J. Blake	1914	American actor
147	Waqa Blake	1994
148	Blake Aldridge	1982	British diver
149	Asha Blake	1961	American journalist
150	Melissa Blake		Canadian politician
151	Blake Krikorian	1967
152	Andrew Blake	1956	British researcher in computer vision
153	Robert Harrison Blake
154	Robert Blake, Baron Blake	1916	British historian
155	Lillie Devereux Blake	1833	American activist
156	Ran Blake	1935	American musician
157	Jack Blake	1994	Footballer
158	Phil Blake	1964	Australian rugby league player
159	Jared Blake		Country singer
160	Sophie Blake	1972	British model and broadcaster
161	Blake Morgan		American musician and music producer
162	Blake Gideon	1989	Player of American football
163	Blake Pieroni	1995
164	Blake Smith	1991	Footballer
165	Tom Blake	1902	Surferm inventor
166	William Blake	1859	Outlaw of the Old West, and member of the Wild Bunch gang
167	Blake Percival		Whistleblower
168	Blake Young-Fountain	1981	American actor, model and producer
169	Randy Blake	1986	Kickboxer
170	Blake Williams	1985	Australian motorcycle rider
171	Blake Davis	1990	Australian television actor
172	Seamus Blake	1969	Canadian jazz saxophonist
173	Blake Marler	1965
174	Michael Blake	1982
175	Blake Costanzo	1984	American football player
176	Kayla Blake	1963	American actress
177	Perry Blake	1970	Irish singer
178	Sharon Magness Blake	1950
179	Blake Baxter	1963	American musician
180	Blake Mitchell	1962	American pornographic actress
181	Blake Roney		American businessman
182	Blake Gibson	1995	New Zealand rugby union player
183	Nzinga Blake	1981	Talk Show Host
184	Blake Palmer	1960	American actor
185	Hugh Blake	1992	New Zealand rugby union player
186	Blake McCormick	1977	Television producer
187	Pamela Blake	1915	Actress
188	John Blake	1948	British journalist and publisher
189	Katharine Blake	1921	Actress
190	Megan Blake	1959	American actress
191	Blake Hoffarber	1988	American basketball player
192	Blake Leary	1990	Australian rugby league player
193	Gordon Blake	1910	United States general
194	Blake Aaron		Guitarist, composer, recording artist and radio show host
195	Blake Butler	1979	American writer
196	Blake Brockermeyer	1973	American football player
197	Robert R. Blake	1918	American management theoretician
198	Jay Don Blake	1958	Professional golfer
199	Marty Blake	1927	American basketball executive
200	Blake Gopnik	1963	American art critic