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Girl · Old English
Blakely
Say it: BLAYK-lee
Meaning
From an English surname taken from place names, from Old English blæc 'black, dark' and leah 'clearing'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A 2010s American fashion.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 12,987 babies given this name since 1920
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 942 girls
- 1,719 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Blakelee
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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