Blakely: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “dark wood or clearing”
- Origin
- Old English
- Say it
- BLAYK-lee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (94% of all uses)
From an English surname derived from place names built on Old English blæc 'black, dark' and leah 'wood, clearing'. Now also used as a given name, especially in modern English-speaking use.
How popular is Blakely?
Babies named Blakely in 20241,895
2024 rank#158 girls
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 188020,376
Blakely is rising: use over the last five years is 3.8× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Blakely
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Blakely questions
What does the name Blakely mean?
Blakely means "dark wood or clearing". It comes from Old English. From an English surname derived from place names built on Old English blæc 'black, dark' and leah 'wood, clearing'. Now also used as a given name, especially in modern English-speaking use.
Is Blakely a boy or girl name?
Blakely is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Blakely?
1,895 US babies were named Blakely in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Blakely?
Blakely 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.