Blakelee: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “dark wood or clearing”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- BLAYK-lee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (98% of all uses)
Modern elaborated spelling built from Blake and the -lee ending, ultimately tied to Old English place-name elements. Blake can derive from words meaning either 'dark' or 'pale', while -ley means 'woodland clearing'.
How popular is Blakelee?
Babies named Blakelee in 2024110
2024 rank#1,828 girls
Peak year2019
Total US babies since 18801,330
Blakelee is rising: use over the last five years is 2.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Blakelee
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Blakelee questions
What does the name Blakelee mean?
Blakelee means "dark wood or clearing". It comes from English. Modern elaborated spelling built from Blake and the -lee ending, ultimately tied to Old English place-name elements. Blake can derive from words meaning either 'dark' or 'pale', while -ley means 'woodland clearing'.
Is Blakelee a boy or girl name?
Blakelee is mainly a girl's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Blakelee?
110 US babies were named Blakelee in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.
How do you pronounce Blakelee?
Blakelee is usually pronounced BLAYK-lee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.