Blake (given name)

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This article is about the given name "Blake". For the surname, see Blake (surname). For other uses, see Blake (disambiguation).

Blake is 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.[1]

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.[2]

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).[citation needed]

Notable people with the given name "Blake" include[]

A[]

B[]

  • Blake Bailey (born 1963), American writer
  • Blake Baker (born 1982), American football coach
  • Blake Ball (1938–2006), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Blake Barnett (born 1995), American football player
  • Blake Bartlett (born 1993), Bahamian sprinter
  • Blake Bashoff (born 1981), American actor
  • Blake Baxter (born 1963), American musician
  • Blake Beavan (born 1989), American baseball player
  • Blake Bell (born 1991), American football player
  • Blake Bellefeuille (born 1977), American ice hockey player
  • Blake Berris (born 1984), American actor
  • Blake Bjorklund (born 1985), American stock car racing driver
  • Blake Blackburn (born 1992), Australian sports shooter
  • Blake Bodily (born 1998), American soccer player
  • Blake Bolden (born 1991), American ice hockey player
  • Blake Bortles (born 1992), American football player
  • Blake Aoki Borysewicz (born 1993), Japanese-American basketball player
  • Blake Nelson Boyd (born 1970), American actor
  • Blake Brandel (born 1997), American football player
  • Blake Brettschneider (born 1989), American soccer player
  • Blake Broadhurst (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
  • Blake Brockermeyer (born 1973), American football player
  • Blake Brockington (1996–2015), American social figure
  • Blake Broszus (born 2000), Canadian fencer
  • Blake Burdette (born 1980), American rugby union footballer
  • Blake Butler (1924–1981), English actor
  • Blake Butler (author) (born 1979), American writer

C[]

D[]

  • Blake Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Blake Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Blake Debassige (born 1956), Canadian artist
  • Blake DeLong (born 1980), American actor
  • Blake Dermott (born 1961), Canadian football player
  • Blake Desjarlais (born 1993/1994), Canadian politician
  • Blake DeWitt (born 1985), American baseball player
  • Blake Dietrick (born 1993), American basketball player
  • Blake F. Donaldson (1892–1966), American physician
  • Blake Doyle (born 1954), American baseball coach
  • Blake Dunlop (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player

E[]

F[]

  • Blake Farber (born 1985), American music director
  • Blake Farenthold (born 1961), American politician
  • Blake Feese (born 1982), American race car driver
  • Blake Ferguson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Blake Filippi (born 1980), American politician
  • Blake Fitzgerald (born 1955), Canadian photographer
  • Blake Fleming (born 1972), American drummer
  • Blake Foster (born 1985), American actor
  • Blake Francis (born 1998), American basketball player
  • Blake Frischknecht (born 1995), American soccer player

G[]

  • Blake Gailen (born 1985), American-Israeli baseball player
  • Blake Gaudry (born 1991), American gymnast
  • Blake Geoffrion (born 1988), American ice hockey player
  • Blake Gibbons (born 1961), American actor
  • Blake Gibson (born 1995), New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • Blake Gideon (born 1989), American football coach
  • Blake Gillikin (born 1998), American football player
  • Blake Goldring (born 1957), Canadian philanthropist
  • Blake Gopnik (born 1963), American art critic
  • Blake Gottesman (born 1980), American politician
  • Blake Govers (born 1996), Australian field hockey player
  • Blake Green (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Blake Griffin (born 1989), American basketball player
  • Blake Grima (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
  • Blake Grossman, British corporate executive

H[]

  • Blake Hamilton (born 1994), American basketball player
  • Blake Hance (born 1996), American football player
  • Blake Hardwick (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
  • Blake Harnage (born 1988), American songwriter
  • Blake Harrison (born 1985), British actor
  • Blake Haubeil (born 1999), American football player
  • Blake Hawksworth (born 1983), American baseball player
  • Blake Heron (1982–2017), American actor
  • Blake Alphonso Higgs (1915–1986), Bahamian singer
  • Blake Hillman (born 1996), American ice hockey player
  • Blake Hoffarber (born 1988), American basketball player
  • Blake Hood (born 1985), American actor
  • Blake Horton (born 1994), Australian footballer
  • Blake Huffman (1902–1985), Canadian politician
  • Blake Hunter (born 1934), American television producer
  • Blake Hutcheson, Canadian corporate executive

I[]

  • Blake Irving (born 1959), American corporate executive

J[]

  • Blake Jackson (born 1994), American football player
  • Blake Jarwin (born 1994), American football player
  • Blake Jenner (born 1992), American actor
  • Blake Jones (born 1997), American stock car racing driver
  • Blake Judd (born 1982), American musician
  • Blake Judd (filmmaker) (born 1981), American writer

K[]

  • Blake Kessel (born 1989), American ice hockey player
  • Blake Koch (born 1985), American stock car racing driver
  • Blake Krikorian (1967–2016), American entrepreneur
  • Blake Kyd (born 1988), South African rugby union footballer

L[]

  • Blake Lalli (born 1983), American baseball player
  • Blake Lawrie (born 1997), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Blake Lazarus (born 1988), Greek rugby league footballer
  • Blake Leary (born 1990), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Blake Lee (born 1983), American actor
  • Blake Leeper (born 1989), American Paralympic athlete
  • Blake Leibel (born 1981), Canadian murderer
  • Blake Leigh-Smith (born 1990), Australian motorcycle racer
  • Blake Lewis (born 1981), American singer
  • Blake Leyh (born 1962), American composer
  • Blake Lindsley (born 1973), American actress
  • Blake Little, American photographer
  • Blake Lively (born 1987), American actress
  • Blake Lizotte (born 1997), American ice hockey player
  • Blake Lloyd, Canadian engineer
  • Blake Lynch (born 1997), American football player

M[]

  • Blake MacDonald (born 1976), Canadian curler
  • Blake Malone (born 2001), American soccer player
  • Blake Marshall (born 1965), Canadian football player
  • Blake Martinez (born 1994), American football player
  • Blake Masters, American writer
  • Blake Masters (author) (born 1986), American author and venture capitalist
  • Blake Mawson (born 1984), Canadian actor
  • Blake McCormick (born 1964), American television producer
  • Blake McGrath (born 1983), Canadian dancer
  • Blake Michael (born 1996), American actor
  • Blake Miguez (born 1981), American politician
  • Blake Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Blake Mills (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
  • Blake Moore (born 1980), American politician
  • Blake Moore (American football) (born 1958), American football player
  • Blake Morant, American academic administrator
  • Blake Morgan, American musician
  • Blake Morrison (born 1950), British poet and author
  • Blake Morton (born 1991), American curler
  • Blake Mott (born 1996), Australian tennis player
  • Blake Mueller (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Blake Murphy (born 2000), Irish Gaelic footballer
  • Blake Mycoskie (born 1976), American entrepreneur

N[]

  • Blake Neely (born 1969), American composer
  • Blake Nelson (born 1965), American author
  • Blake Paul Neubert (born 1981), American painter
  • Blake T. Newton (1889–1977), American politician
  • Blake Nill (born 1962), Canadian football player
  • Blake Nordstrom (1960–2019), American businessman

O[]

  • Blake Ochoa (born 1985), Spanish baseball player
  • Blake O'Connor (born 2000), Australian musician
  • Blake Oshiro (born 1970), American politician
  • Blake Ostler (born 1957), American philosopher

P[]

R[]

  • Blake Reid, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Blake Ricciuto (born 1992), Australian footballer
  • Blake Richards (born 1974), Canadian politician
  • Blake Richardson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Blake Ritson (born 1978), English actor and director
  • Blake Roney (born 1958), American entrepreneur
  • Blake Rosenthal (born 1990), American figure skater
  • Blake Ross (born 1985), American software engineer
  • Blake Russell (born 1975), American runner
  • Blake Rutherford (born 1997), American baseball player

S[]

  • Blake Sandberg (born 1975), American musician
  • Blake L. Sartini (born 1959), American entrepreneur
  • Blake Schilb (born 1983), American-Czech basketball player
  • Blake Schlueter (born 1986), American football player
  • Blake Schraader (born 1994), South African cricketer
  • Blake Schwarzenbach (born 1967), American musician
  • Blake Sennett (born 1973), American musician
  • Blake Shelton (born 1976), American singer
  • Blake Shepard, American voice actor
  • Blake Shields, American actor
  • Blake Shinn (born 1987), Australian jockey
  • Blake Signal (born 1982), New Zealand lawn bowler
  • Blake Sims (born 1992), American football player
  • Blake Skjellerup (born 1985), New Zealand speed skater
  • Blake Sloan (born 1975), American ice hockey player
  • Blake Smith (born 1991), American soccer player
  • Blake Smith (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player
  • Blake Snell (born 1992), American baseball player
  • Blake Snyder (1957–2009), American screenwriter
  • Blake Solly, Australian rugby executive
  • Blake Speers (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Blake Spence (born 1975), American football player
  • Blake Stein (born 1973), American baseball player
  • Blake Stephen (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Blake Stephens, American politician
  • Blake Stepp (born 1982), American basketball player
  • Blake Stern (1917–1987), American tenor
  • Blake Stowell, American corporate executive
  • Blake Strode (born 1987), American lawyer
  • Blake Swihart (born 1992), American baseball player

T[]

V[]

W[]

  • Blake Wagner (born 1988), American soccer coach
  • Blake Wallace (born 1992), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Blake Watson (1903–1998), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Blake Wescott, American musician
  • Blake Wesley (born 1959), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Blake Wheeler (born 1986), American ice hockey player
  • Blake White (born 2000), American-Jamaican footballer
  • Blake Whitlatch (born 1955), American football player
  • Blake Colburn Wilbur (1901–1974), American surgeon
  • Blake S. Wilson, American researcher
  • Blake Williams (born 1985), Australian motocross racer
  • Blake Williams (basketball) (1924–2003), American basketball player
  • Blake Wingle (born 1960), American football player
  • Blake Wise (born 1989), American singer
  • Blake Wood (born 1985), American baseball player
  • Blake Woodruff (born 1995), American actor
  • Blake Workman (1908–1983), American football player
  • Blake Worsley (born 1987), Canadian swimmer
  • Blake Wotherspoon (born 1997), Australian field hockey player

Y[]

  • Blake Young (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters[]

See also[]

  • Blake (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Blake"
  • Blake (surname), a page for people with the surname "Blake"
  • Blake (sculptor) (born 1956), Canadian sculptor

References[]

  1. ^ "Blake". Surname Database. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Blake". Library Ireland.
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