English

Proper noun

Blake

1. An English surname​, derived from black (dark haired), or from Old English blac, pale or fair.
2. A surname​ anglicised from Irish Ó Bláthmhaic.
3. A male given name transferred from the surnames.
4. (rather rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.

Derived terms

• Blakean

Anagrams

• bleak
• Kaleb

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

blake ‎(comparative blaker or more blake, superlative blakest or most blake)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) Pale; wan; sallow; yellow.

Etymology 2

From the Middle English blāken, the northern reproduction (the form in the south was blōken, whence the verb bloke) of the Old English blācian ‎(“to become pale”), from blāc ‎(“shining”, “white”, “pale”).

Verb

blake ‎(third-person singular simple present blakes, present participle blaking, simple past and past participle blaked)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) Become pale.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

blake

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of blaken

Anagrams

• balke, kabel

German

Verb

blake

1. First-person singular present of blaken.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of blaken.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of blaken.
4. Imperative singular of blaken.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blak

Etymology

From Old English blæc.

Adjective

blake

1. black

Descendants

• English: black