The Blakey Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Blakey and Blake are two spellings with one history. In origin, the name means “Pale, or dark”. Before spelling was fixed, Blake was also written Blakey. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Related forms: Blac.

The 2010 US Census counted 3,796 people named Blakey, ranking it number 8,655 among American surnames. That puts it among the top 10,000 US surnames. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Blacke.

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