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Blayke

Blayke: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“dark; pale”
Origin
English
Say it
BLAYK · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (70% girls, 30% boys since 1880)

Variant spelling of Blake. The surname derives from Old English blæc 'black, dark' or blac 'pale, fair', giving the name a historically paradoxical etymology.

English namesModern namesSurname-style names

How popular is Blayke?

202430.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Blayke in 2024100

2024 rank#2,205 girls

Peak year2017

Total US babies since 18802,473

Blayke is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Blayke

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Blakeblack; pale · Old English
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English

Blayke questions

What does the name Blayke mean?

Blayke means "dark; pale". It comes from English. Variant spelling of Blake. The surname derives from Old English blæc 'black, dark' or blac 'pale, fair', giving the name a historically paradoxical etymology.

Is Blayke a boy or girl name?

Blayke is used for both: about 70% of US babies named Blayke since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Blayke?

100 US babies were named Blayke in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.

How do you pronounce Blayke?

Blayke is usually pronounced BLAYK.

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.