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Blake
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Origin and Meaning
English name
Transferred use of the surname deriving from either
1) Old English blæc = 'black' (see also Blakkr) [1]
or
2) Old English blac = 'bright', 'shining', 'pale', 'wan' (related to Blanca) [1]
Related Names
| Blake | ♂ |
|
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Blakesson |
|
Female
| Blakesdóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Blake |
| Genitive: | Blakes |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Blake |
| Genitive: | Blaken |
| Partitive: | Blakea |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Blake |
| Accusative: | Blake |
| Dative: | Blake |
| Genitive: | Blakes |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Blake |
| Genitive: | Blakes |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Blake |
| Genitive: | Blakes |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Statistics
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 P. H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson: Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (2005)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is