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In Russia the name Blake typically means one who is dark or fair in skin color.
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Blake Alma, an avid outdoorsman, is an extremely manly person. He is also an author. He wrote The Outdoorsmen Bible and Harvesting Nature's Bait Shop. Blake should be a boys name, period! Blake comes from an old English term meaning "Son of Lake." The last time I checked in this perverted planet "Son" means boy. So if you come across a girl named Blake, it simply means the parents really wanted a boy, but they got a girl. So they decided to give her a masculine name, Blake...
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It's quite funny that it means "pale" because the Dutch word for pale is "bleek" which is pronounced the same as Blake and looks alike as well. I guess the words are related.
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Blake is derived from Old English 'Blac' (the 'A' here is long so the word rhymes with Jake) meaning pale. It does NOT mean black which is 'Blæc' (rhymes with Jack) in Old English.
Blac (Blake) and Blæc (Black) are very similar in spelling which is why people often get confused.
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Blac (Blake) and Blæc (Black) are very similar in spelling which is why people often get confused.
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Some of those English names have multiple origins. This is one of them. It could come from either blac or blaec.
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According to the baby name book I own, the meaning of Blake is dark and handsome. This info might be helpful if it were added to your website.
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