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Blake

English
"fair-haired, dark"
Linda Rosenkrantz
By Linda Rosenkrantz
Updated Tue Jul 01 2025

Blake Origin and Meaning

The name Blake is a boy's name of English origin meaning "fair-haired, dark".

Blake -- an early unisex option -- dropped out of the Top 100 in 2017 for the first time since 1988, but remains a sophisticated choice. And yes, both conflicting meanings of Blake are accurate. It originated as a surname in England derived from a nickname. Much of its masculine image was influenced by the wealthy, silver-haired character Blake Carrington in the massively popular 80s TV series Dynasty. Rosie O'Donnell has a son named Blake.

# 265 in the US

Blake Rank in US Top 1000

# 204 on Nameberry

Blake Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Blake

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Famous People Named Blake

  • Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump)
    American film director/producer
  • Blake Austin Griffin
    American basketball player
  • Blake Ellender Lively
    American actress
  • Blake Tollison Shelton
    American country music singer
  • Blake Colin Lewis
    American pop singer
  • Blake Adam Ritson
    English actor
  • Blake McGrath
    Canadian dancer/choreographer and singer
  • Blake Michael
    American actor
  • (Randolph) Blake Farenthold
    U.S. Congressman from Texas
  • Blake Alexander Jenner
    American actor and singer
  • Blake Sennett
    American musician of band Rilo Kiley and former child actor
  • (Philip) Blake Morrison
    British memoirist and poet
  • Blake Raymond Anderson
    American actor/comedian
  • Blake Clark
    American actor/comedian
  • Blake Harrison (Keenan)
    English actor
  • Blake James Wheeler
    American ice hockey player
  • Blake David Annen
    American NFL football player
  • Blake Mills
    American musician
  • Blake Smith
    American fashion designer of TV's "Under the Gunn"
  • Blake Richardson
    singer and guitarist in British band New Hope Club
  • Blake Pieroni
    American swimmer
  • William Blake
    English poet
  • Blake Parnell
    son of singer Lee Roy Parnell
  • Blake Pyatt
    son of singer Iris Williams and Clive Pyatt
  • Blake Dennis
    son of rapper Willie D
  • Blake Watt
    son of singers Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt of Everything But the Girl
  • Blake Noll
    son of singer Shannon Noll
  • Blake Nickolas Masche (b. 2007)
    sextuplet on reality TV's "Raising Sextuplets"
  • Blake Ray Stone (b. 2010)
    son of Megan McConnell and Nathan Stone of TV's "16 and Pregnant"
  • Blake Benjamin Dellacqua (b. 2013)
    son of tennis player Casey Dellacqua
  • Blake Richard Lynch (b. 2016)
    son of athletes Kim Clijsters and Brian Lynch

The name Blake in Pop Culture

  • Blake Carrington
    character on TV's "Dynasty"
  • Blake Sofian Gripling
    character on TV's "As Told By Ginger"
  • "One (Blake's Got a New Face)"
    a song by Vampire Weekend
  • Robin John Blake
    character in "The Dark Knight Rises"
  • Octavia and Bellamy Blake
    characters in "The 100"

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