Blake

English

"fair-haired, dark"

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.

Blake Rank in US Top 1000

# 255 in the US

Blake Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 121 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Blake

• 255 US 2023
• 121 Nameberry 2025
• 19 Unisex 2023
• 159 Canada 2023
• 104 England 2023
• 41 Scotland 2024
• 95 Ireland 2022
• 78 Australia 2018
• 58 New Zealand 2023

20 Names Similar to 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"