Blake (given name)

Blake is a unisex given name,^[1][2] which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin.^[3]

Notable men

• Blake Acres (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
• Blake Adams (born 1975), American golfer
• Blake Ahearn (born 1984), American basketball coach
• Blake Aldridge (born 1982), British diver
• Blake Allen (born 1988), American composer
• Blake Anderson (born 1984), American actor
• Blake Anderson (American football) (born 1969), American football coach
• Blake Andrews (born 1968), American photographer
• Blake Annen (born 1991), American football player
• Blake Archbold (born 2001), Australian footballer
• Blake Austin (born 1991), Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake Ayshford (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake Bailey (born 1963), American writer
• Blake Baker (born 1982), American football coach
• Blake Ball (1938–2006), Canadian ice hockey player
• Blake Barnett (born 1995), American football player
• Blake Bartlett (born 1993), Bahamian sprinter
• Blake Bashoff (born 1981), American actor
• Blake Baxter (born 1963), American musician
• Blake Beavan (born 1989), American baseball player
• Blake Beemer (born 1991), American baseball player
• Blake Bell (born 1991), American football player
• Blake Bellefeuille (born 1977), American ice hockey player
• Blake Berris (born 1984), American actor
• Blake Bjorklund (born 1985), American stock car racing driver
• Blake Blackburn (born 1992), Australian sports shooter
• Blake Bodily (born 1998), American soccer player
• Blake Bolden (born 1991), American ice hockey player
• Blake Bortles (born 1992), American football player
• Blake Aoki Borysewicz (born 1993), Japanese-American basketball player
• Blake Nelson Boyd (born 1970), American actor
• Blake Brandel (born 1997), American football player
• Blake Brettschneider (born 1989), American soccer player
• Blake Broadhurst (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
• Blake Brockermeyer (born 1973), American football player
• Blake Brockington (1996–2015), American activist
• Blake Broszus (born 2000), Canadian fencer
• Blake Burdette (born 1980), American rugby union footballer
• Blake Burke (born 2003), American baseball player
• Blake Burkhalter (born 2000), American baseball player
• Blake Butler (1924–1981), English actor
• Blake Butler (author) (born 1979), American writer
• Blake Caldwell (born 1984), American cyclist
• Blake Campbell (born 1982), Australian rules footballer
• Blake Caparello (born 1985), Australian boxer
• Blake Caracella (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
• Blake Carpenter (born 1991), American politician
• Blake Cashman (born 1996), American football player
• Blake Cederlind (born 1996), American baseball player
• Blake Chancey (born 1962), American record producer
• Blake Chanslor (1920–2009), American businessman
• Blake Charlton (born 1979), American author
• Blake Christensen (born 1995), American ice hockey player
• Blake Christian (born 1997), American professional wrestler
• Blake Clark (born 1946), American actor and comedian
• Blake Coburn (born 1995), New Zealand cricketer
• Blake Cochrane (born 1991), Australian Paralympic swimmer
• Blake Coleman (born 1991), American ice hockey player
• Blake Comeau (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
• Blake Converse (born 1965), American admiral
• Blake Cooper (born 2001), American actor
• Blake Corum (born 2000), American football player
• Blake Costanzo (born 1984), American football player
• Blake Countess (born 1993), American football player
• Blake Crouch (born 1978), American author
• Blake Cullen (born 2002), English cricketer
• Blake Curd (born 1967), American politician
• Blake Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Blake Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
• Blake Debassige (born 1956), Canadian artist
• Blake DeLong (born 1980), American actor
• Blake Dermott (born 1961), Canadian football player
• Blake Desjarlais (born 1993), Canadian politician
• Blake DeWitt (born 1985), American baseball player
• Blake Dietrick (born 1993), American basketball player
• Blake F. Donaldson (1892–1966), American physician
• Blake Doriot, American politician
• Blake Doyle (born 1954), American baseball coach
• Blake Dunlop (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player
• Blake Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Blake Elliott (born 1981), American football player
• Blake Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Blake Emmons, Canadian singer
• Blake Enever (born 1991), Australian rugby union footballer
• Blake Enzie (born 2001), Canadian skeleton racer
• Blake Evans (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
• Blake McIver Ewing (born 1985), American singer-songwriter
• Blake Ezor (born 1966), American football player
• Blake Farber (born 1985), American music director
• Blake Farenthold (1961–2025), American politician
• Blake Feese (born 1982), American race car driver
• Blake Ferguson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Blake Fiddler (born 2007), American ice hockey player
• Blake Filippi (born 1980), American politician
• Blake Fisher (born 2003), American football player
• Blake Fitzpatrick (born 1955), Canadian photographer
• Blake Fleming (born 1972), American drummer
• Blake Foster (born 1985), American actor and martial artist
• Blake Francis (born 1998), American basketball player
• Blake Freeland (born 2001), American football player
• Blake Frischknecht (born 1995), American soccer player
• Blake Gailen (born 1985), American-Israeli baseball player
• Blake Gaudry (born 1991), American gymnast
• Blake Geoffrion (born 1988), American ice hockey player
• Blake Gibbons (born 1961), American actor
• Blake Gibson (born 1995), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Blake Gideon (born 1989), American football coach
• Blake Gillikin (born 1998), American football player
• Blake Goldring (born 1958), Canadian philanthropist
• Blake Gopnik (born 1963), American art critic
• Blake Gottesman (born 1980), American politician
• Blake Govers (born 1996), Australian field hockey player
• Blake Green (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake Griffin (born 1989), American basketball player
• Blake Grima (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
• Blake Grossman, British corporate executive
• Blake Grupe (born 1998), American football player
• Blake Hamilton (born 1994), American basketball player
• Blake Hance (born 1996), American football player
• Blake Hardwick (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
• Blake Harnage (born 1988), American songwriter
• Blake Harrell (born 1979), American football coach
• Blake Harrison (born 1985), British actor
• Blake Haubeil (born 1999), American football player
• Blake Hawksworth (born 1983), American baseball player
• Blake Heron (1982–2017), American actor
• Blake Alphonso Higgs (1915–1986), Bahamian singer
• Blake Hillman (born 1996), American ice hockey player
• Blake Hoffarber (born 1988), American basketball player
• Blake Hood (born 1985), American actor
• Blake Horton (born 1994), Australian footballer
• Blake Horvath, American football player
• Blake Hounshell (1978–2023), American journalist
• Blake Huffman (1902–1985), Canadian politician
• Blake Hunter (born 1934), American television producer
• Blake Hutcheson, Canadian corporate executive
• Blake Irving (born 1959), American corporate executive
• Blake Jackson (born 1994), American football player
• Blake Jarwin (born 1994), American football player
• Blake Jenner (born 1992), American actor
• Blake Johnson, American politician
• Blake Johnson (Arkansas politician), American politician
• Blake Jones (born 1997), American stock car racing driver
• Blake Judd (born 1982), American musician
• Blake Kessel (born 1989), American ice hockey player
• Blake Koch (born 1985), American stock car racing driver
• Blake Krikorian (1967–2016), American entrepreneur
• Blake Kyd (born 1988), South African rugby union footballer
• Blake Lalli (born 1983), American baseball player
• Blake Lawrie (born 1997), Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake Lazarus (born 1988), Greek rugby league footballer
• Blake Leary (born 1990), Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake Lee (born 1983), American actor
• Blake Leeper (born 1989), American Paralympic athlete
• Blake Leibel (born 1981), Canadian murderer
• Blake Leigh-Smith (born 1990), Australian motorcycle racer
• Blake Lewis (born 1981), American singer
• Blake Leyh (born 1962), American composer
• Blake Lindsley (born 1973), American actress
• Blake Little, American photographer
• Blake Lively (born 1987), American actress
• Blake Lizotte (born 1997), American ice hockey player
• Blake Lloyd, Canadian engineer
• Blake Lothian (born 2002), American stock car racing driver
• Blake Lynch (born 1997), American football player
• Blake MacDonald (born 1976), Canadian curler
• Blake Malone (born 2001), American soccer player
• Blake Marnell, American activist
• Blake Marshall (born 1965), Canadian football player
• Blake Martinez (born 1994), American football player
• Blake Masters (born 1986), American politician and author
• Blake Masters (screenwriter), American screenwriter
• Blake Mawson (born 1984), Canadian actor
• Blake Mazza (born 1998), American football player
• Blake McCormick (born 1964), American television producer
• Blake McGrath (born 1983), Canadian dancer
• Blake Michael (born 1996), American actor
• Blake Miguez (born 1981), American politician
• Blake Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
• Blake Mills (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
• Blake Mitchell (born 1984), American football player
• Blake Mitchell (baseball) (born 2004), American baseball player
• Blake Moore (born 1980), American politician
• Blake Moore (American football) (born 1958), American football player
• Blake Morant, American academic administrator
• Blake Morgan, American musician
• Blake Morrison (born 1950), British poet and author
• Blake Morton (born 1991), American curler
• Blake Mott (born 1996), Australian tennis player
• Blake Mueller (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake Murphy (born 2000), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Blake Mycoskie (born 1976), American entrepreneur
• Blake Neely (born 1969), American composer
• Blake Nelson (born 1965), American author
• Blake Paul Neubert (born 1981), American painter
• Blake T. Newton (1889–1977), American politician
• Blake Nikitaras (born 2000), Australian cricketer
• Blake Nill (born 1962), Canadian football player
• Blake Nordstrom (1960–2019), American businessman
• Blake Ochoa (born 1985), Spanish baseball player
• Blake O'Connor (born 2000), Australian musician
• Blake Oshiro (born 1970), American politician
• Blake Ostler (born 1957), American philosopher
• Blake Papsin (born 1959), Canadian otolaryngologist
• Blake Parker (born 1985), American football player
• Blake Parlett (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
• Blake Paulson, American politician
• Blake Pavey (born 2002), Australian comedian
• Blake Pedersen (born 1965), Canadian politician
• Blake Pelly (1907–1990), Australian politician
• Blake Percival, American whistleblower
• Blake Perkins (born 1996), American baseball player
• Blake Pieroni (born 1995), American swimmer
• Blake Pietila (born 1993), American ice hockey player
• Blake Pietila (ice hockey, born 2000) (born 2000), American ice hockey player
• Blake Pope (born 2003), American soccer player
• Blake Pouliot (born 1994), Canadian violinist
• Blake Powell (born 1991), American soccer player
• Blake Price (born 1974), Canadian sports broadcaster
• Blake Proehl (born 1999), American football player
• Blake Quick (born 2000), Australian cyclist
• Blake Reid, Canadian singer-songwriter
• Blake Ricciuto (born 1992), Australian footballer
• Blake Richards (born 1974), Canadian politician
• Blake Richardson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Blake Ritson (born 1978), English actor and director
• Blake Robbins (born 1965), American actor
• Blake Robison, American actor
• Blake Roman, American actor
• Blake Roney (born 1958), American entrepreneur
• Blake Ross (born 1985), American software engineer
• Blake Russell (born 1975), American runner
• Blake Rutherford (born 1997), American baseball player
• Blake Sabol (born 1998), American baseball player
• Blake Sandberg (born 1975), American musician
• Blake L. Sartini (born 1959), American entrepreneur
• Blake Schilb (born 1983), American-Czech basketball player
• Blake Schlueter (born 1986), American football player
• Blake Scholl (born 1981), American tech entrepreneur
• Blake Schoupp, Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake Schraader (born 1994), South African cricketer
• Blake Schwarzenbach (born 1967), American musician
• Blake Sennett (born 1973), American musician
• Blake Shapen (born 2001), American football player
• Blake Shelton (born 1976), American singer
• Blake Shepard, American voice actor
• Blake Shields, American actor
• Blake Shinn (born 1987), Australian jockey
• Blake Signal (born 1982), New Zealand lawn bowler
• Blake Sims (born 1992), American football player
• Blake Skjellerup (born 1985), New Zealand speed skater
• Blake Slatkin (born 1997), American songwriter
• Blake Sloan (born 1975), American ice hockey player
• Blake Smith (born 1991), American soccer player
• Blake Smith (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player
• Blake Snell (born 1992), American baseball player
• Blake Snyder (1957–2009), American screenwriter
• Blake Solly, Australian rugby executive
• Blake Speers (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
• Blake Spence (born 1975), American football player
• Blake Stein (born 1973), American baseball player
• Blake Stephen (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
• Blake Stephens, American politician
• Blake Stepp (born 1982), American basketball player
• Blake Stern (1917–1987), American tenor
• Blake Stowell, American corporate executive
• Blake Strode (born 1987), American lawyer
• Blake Swihart (born 1992), American baseball player
• Blake Taaffe (born 1999), Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake Taylor (born 1995), American baseball player
• Blake Tekotte (born 1987), American baseball player
• Blake Thompson (born 1993), Australian footballer
• Blake Thomson (born 1997), Australian cricketer
• Blake Tillery (born 1983), American politician
• Blake Trahan (born 1993), American baseball player
• Blake Treinen (born 1988), American baseball player
• Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), American academic administrator
• Blake Wayne Van Leer (1926–1997), American naval officer
• Blake Wagner (born 1988), American soccer coach
• Blake Wallace (born 1992), Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake Walston (born 2001), American baseball player
• Blake Ward (born 1956), Canadian sculptor
• Blake Watson (born 1999), American football player
• Blake Wescott, American musician
• Blake Wesley (disambiguation), multiple people
• Blake Wheeler (born 1986), American ice hockey player
• Blake White (born 2000), American-Jamaican footballer
• Blake Whiteheart (born 2000), American football player
• Blake Whitlatch (born 1955), American football player
• Blake Colburn Wilbur (1901–1974), American surgeon
• Blake Wilson (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
• Blake S. Wilson, American researcher
• Blake Williams (born 1985), Australian motocross racer
• Blake Williams (basketball) (1924–2003), American basketball player
• Blake Windred (born 1997), Australian golfer
• Blake Wingle (born 1960), American football player
• Blake Wise (born 1989), American singer
• Blake Wood (born 1985), American baseball player
• Blake Woodruff (born 1995), American actor
• Blake Workman (1908–1983), American football player
• Blake Worsley (born 1987), Canadian swimmer
• Blake Wotherspoon (born 1997), Australian field hockey player
• Blake Young (disambiguation), multiple people

Notable women

• Blake Bolden (born 1991), American ice hockey player
• Blake Dietrick (born 1993), American professional basketball player
• Blake Lindsley (born 1973), American actress
• Blake Lively (born 1987), American actress
• Blake Russell (born 1975), American runner

Fictional characters

• Blake Carrington, a character on the television series Dynasty
• Blake Marler, a character on the drama series Guiding Light
• Blake Tower, a character in the comic book series Marvel Comics
• Blake Belladonna, a character from anime series RWBY

See also

• Blake (disambiguation)
• Blake (surname)

References

1. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Blake". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
2. ^ "Popular Baby Names". Retrieved 26 December 2024.
3. ^ "Blake". Surname Database. Retrieved 13 February 2009.