Blac: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Genealogists group Blac with Blake. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Pale, or dark”. Before spelling was fixed, Blake was also written Blac. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Blakey.

Blac sounds close to Black and Blacke, so it can help to search both.

Arms linked to Blake and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Blac report, with a museum-style coat of arms.