Blakely Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Many Blakely families will find their roots under Blakeley, the form most records use. At root, the name means “dark clearing”. Without the “e” of Blakeley, Blakely is a simpler written form of the same name. Other spellings include Blakly and Blackley.

About 11,669 people in the United States were recorded as Blakely in 2010, placing it 3,077 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 5,000 American surnames. Names that sound alike, such as Bleakley and Bulkeley, are easily confused in old records.

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