Blake (given name)
Blake is a unisex given name, 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.
Notable men with the given name "Blake"
A
- Blake Acres, Australian rules footballer
- Blake Adams, American golfer
- Blake Ahearn, American basketball coach
- Blake Aldridge, British diver
- Blake Allen, American composer
- Blake Anderson, American actor
- Blake Anderson (American football), American football coach
- Blake Andrews, American photographer
- Blake Annen, American football player
- Blake Archbold, Australian footballer
- Blake Austin, Australian rugby league footballer
- Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league footballer
B
- Blake Bailey, American writer
- Blake Baker, American football coach
- Blake Ball, Canadian ice hockey player
- Blake Barnett, American football player
- Blake Bartlett, Bahamian sprinter
- Blake Bashoff, American actor
- Blake Baxter, American musician
- Blake Beavan, American baseball player
- Blake Beemer, American baseball player
- Blake Bell, American football player
- Blake Bellefeuille, American ice hockey player
- Blake Berris, American actor
- Blake Bjorklund, American stock car racing driver
- Blake Blackburn, Australian sports shooter
- Blake Bodily, American soccer player
- Blake Bolden, American ice hockey player
- Blake Bortles, American football player
- Blake Aoki Borysewicz, Japanese-American basketball player
- Blake Nelson Boyd, American actor
- Blake Brandel, American football player
- Blake Brettschneider, American soccer player
- Blake Broadhurst, Australian rules footballer
- Blake Brockermeyer, American football player
- Blake Brockington, American activist
- Blake Broszus, Canadian fencer
- Blake Burdette, American rugby union footballer
- Blake Burke, American baseball player
- Blake Burkhalter, American baseball player
- Blake Butler, English actor
- Blake Butler (author), American writer
C
- Blake Caldwell, American cyclist
- Blake Campbell, Australian rules footballer
- Blake Caparello, Australian boxer
- Blake Caracella, Australian rules footballer
- Blake Carpenter, American politician
- Blake Cashman, American football player
- Blake Cederlind, American baseball player
- Blake Chancey, American record producer
- Blake Chanslor, American businessman
- Blake Charlton, American author
- Blake Christensen, American ice hockey player
- Blake Christian, American professional wrestler
- Blake Clark, American actor and comedian
- Blake Coburn, New Zealand cricketer
- Blake Cochrane, Australian Paralympic swimmer
- Blake Coleman, American ice hockey player
- Blake Comeau, Canadian ice hockey player
- Blake Converse, American admiral
- Blake Cooper, American actor
- Blake Corum, American football player
- Blake Costanzo, American football player
- Blake Countess, American football player
- Blake Crouch, American author
- Blake Cullen, English cricketer
- Blake Curd, American politician
D
- Blake Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
- Blake Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
- Blake Debassige, Canadian artist
- Blake DeLong, American actor
- Blake Dermott, Canadian football player
- Blake Desjarlais, Canadian politician
- Blake DeWitt, American baseball player
- Blake Dietrick, American basketball player
- Blake F. Donaldson, American physician
- Blake Doriot, American politician
- Blake Doyle, American baseball coach
- Blake Dunlop, Canadian ice hockey player
E
- Blake Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
- Blake Elliott, American football player
- Blake Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
- Blake Emmons, Canadian singer
- Blake Enever, Australian rugby union footballer
- Blake Enzie, Canadian skeleton racer
- Blake Evans, Canadian ice hockey player
- Blake McIver Ewing, American singer-songwriter
- Blake Ezor, American football player
F
- Blake Farber, American music director
- Blake Farenthold, American politician
- Blake Feese, American race car driver
- Blake Ferguson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Blake Fiddler, American ice hockey player
- Blake Filippi, American politician
- Blake Fisher, American football player
- Blake Fitzpatrick, Canadian photographer
- Blake Fleming, American drummer
- Blake Foster, American actor and martial artist
- Blake Francis, American basketball player
- Blake Freeland, American football player
- Blake Frischknecht, American soccer player
G
- Blake Gailen, American-Israeli baseball player
- Blake Gaudry, American gymnast
- Blake Geoffrion, American ice hockey player
- Blake Gibbons, American actor
- Blake Gibson, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- Blake Gideon, American football coach
- Blake Gillikin, American football player
- Blake Goldring, Canadian philanthropist
- Blake Gopnik, American art critic
- Blake Gottesman, American politician
- Blake Govers, Australian field hockey player
- Blake Green, Australian rugby league footballer
- Blake Griffin, American basketball player
- Blake Grima, Australian rules footballer
- Blake Grossman, British corporate executive
- Blake Grupe, American football player
H
- Blake Hamilton, American basketball player
- Blake Hance, American football player
- Blake Hardwick, Australian rules footballer
- Blake Harnage, American songwriter
- Blake Harrell, American football coach
- Blake Harrison, British actor
- Blake Haubeil, American football player
- Blake Hawksworth, American baseball player
- Blake Heron, American actor
- Blake Alphonso Higgs, Bahamian singer
- Blake Hillman, American ice hockey player
- Blake Hoffarber, American basketball player
- Blake Hood, American actor
- Blake Horton, Australian footballer
- Blake Horvath, American football player
- Blake Hounshell, American journalist
- Blake Huffman, Canadian politician
- Blake Hunter, American television producer
- Blake Hutcheson, Canadian corporate executive
I
- Blake Irving, American corporate executive
J
- Blake Jackson, American football player
- Blake Jarwin, American football player
- Blake Jenner, American actor
- Blake Johnson, American politician
- Blake Johnson (Arkansas politician), American politician
- Blake Jones, American stock car racing driver
- Blake Judd, American musician
K
- Blake Kessel, American ice hockey player
- Blake Koch, American stock car racing driver
- Blake Krikorian, American entrepreneur
- Blake Kyd, South African rugby union footballer
L
- Blake Lalli, American baseball player
- Blake Lawrie, Australian rugby league footballer
- Blake Lazarus, Greek rugby league footballer
- Blake Leary, Australian rugby league footballer
- Blake Lee, American actor
- Blake Leeper, American Paralympic athlete
- Blake Leibel, Canadian murderer
- Blake Leigh-Smith, Australian motorcycle racer
- Blake Lewis, American singer
- Blake Leyh, American composer
- Blake Lindsley, American actress
- Blake Little, American photographer
- Blake Lively, American actress
- Blake Lizotte, American ice hockey player
- Blake Lloyd, Canadian engineer
- Blake Lothian, American stock car racing driver
- Blake Lynch, American football player
M
- Blake MacDonald, Canadian curler
- Blake Malone, American soccer player
- Blake Marnell, American activist
- Blake Marshall, Canadian football player
- Blake Martinez, American football player
- Blake Masters, American politician and author
- Blake Masters (screenwriter), American screenwriter
- Blake Mawson, Canadian actor
- Blake Mazza, American football player
- Blake McCormick, American television producer
- Blake McGrath, Canadian dancer
- Blake Michael, American actor
- Blake Miguez, American politician
- Blake Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
- Blake Mills, American singer and songwriter
- Blake Mitchell, American football player
- Blake Mitchell (baseball), American baseball player
- Blake Moore, American politician
- Blake Moore (American football), American football player
- Blake Morant, American academic administrator
- Blake Morgan, American musician
- Blake Morrison, British poet and author
- Blake Morton, American curler
- Blake Mott, Australian tennis player
- Blake Mueller, Australian rugby league footballer
- Blake Murphy, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Blake Mycoskie, American entrepreneur
N
- Blake Neely, American composer
- Blake Nelson, American author
- Blake Paul Neubert, American painter
- Blake T. Newton, American politician
- Blake Nikitaras, Australian cricketer
- Blake Nill, Canadian football player
- Blake Nordstrom, American businessman
O
- Blake Ochoa, Spanish baseball player
- Blake O'Connor, Australian musician
- Blake Oshiro, American politician
- Blake Ostler, American philosopher
P
- Blake Papsin, Canadian otolaryngologist
- Blake Parker, American football player
- Blake Parlett, Canadian ice hockey player
- Blake Paulson, American politician
- Blake Pavey, Australian comedian
- Blake Pedersen, Canadian politician
- Blake Pelly, Australian politician
- Blake Percival, American whistleblower
- Blake Perkins, American baseball player
- Blake Pieroni, American swimmer
- Blake Pietila, American ice hockey player
- Blake Pietila (ice hockey, born 2000), American ice hockey player
- Blake Pope, American soccer player
- Blake Pouliot, Canadian violinist
- Blake Powell, American soccer player
- Blake Price, Canadian sports broadcaster
- Blake Proehl, American football player
Q
- Blake Quick, Australian cyclist
R
- Blake Reid, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Blake Ricciuto, Australian footballer
- Blake Richards, Canadian politician
- Blake Richardson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Blake Ritson, English actor and director
- Blake Robbins, American actor
- Blake Robison, American actor
- Blake Roman, American actor
- Blake Roney, American entrepreneur
- Blake Ross, American software engineer
- Blake Ruffin, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
- Blake Russell, American runner
- Blake Rutherford, American baseball player
S
- Blake Sabol, American baseball player
- Blake Sandberg, American musician
- Blake L. Sartini, American entrepreneur
- Blake Schilb, American-Czech basketball player
- Blake Schlueter, American football player
- Blake Scholl, American tech entrepreneur
- Blake Schoupp, Australian rugby league footballer
- Blake Schraader, South African cricketer
- Blake Schwarzenbach, American musician
- Blake Sennett, American musician
- Blake Shapen, American football player
- Blake Shelton, American singer
- Blake Shepard, American voice actor
- Blake Shields, American actor
- Blake Shinn, Australian jockey
- Blake Signal, New Zealand lawn bowler
- Blake Sims, American football player
- Blake Skjellerup, New Zealand speed skater
- Blake Slatkin, American songwriter
- Blake Sloan, American ice hockey player
- Blake Smith, American soccer player
- Blake Smith (baseball), American baseball player
- Blake Snell, American baseball player
- Blake Snyder, American screenwriter
- Blake Solly, Australian rugby executive
- Blake Speers, Canadian ice hockey player
- Blake Spence, American football player
- Blake Stein, American baseball player
- Blake Stephen, Canadian ice hockey player
- Blake Stephens, American politician
- Blake Stepp, American basketball player
- Blake Stern, American tenor
- Blake Stowell, American corporate executive
- Blake Strode, American lawyer
- Blake Swihart, American baseball player
T
- Blake Taaffe, Australian rugby league footballer
- Blake Taylor, American baseball player
- Blake Tekotte, American baseball player
- Blake Thompson, Australian footballer
- Blake Thomson, Australian cricketer
- Blake Tillery, American politician
- Blake Trahan, American baseball player
- Blake Treinen, American baseball player
V
- Blake R. Van Leer, American academic administrator
- Blake Wayne Van Leer, American naval officer
W
- Blake Wagner, American soccer coach
- Blake Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer
- Blake Walston, American baseball player
- Blake Ward, Canadian sculptor
- Blake Watson, American football player
- Blake Wescott, American musician
- Blake Wesley (disambiguation), multiple people
- Blake Wheeler, American ice hockey player
- Blake White, American-Jamaican footballer
- Blake Whiteheart, American football player
- Blake Whitlatch, American football player
- Blake Colburn Wilbur, American surgeon
- Blake Wilson (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
- Blake S. Wilson, American researcher
- Blake Williams, Australian motocross racer
- Blake Williams (basketball), American basketball player
- Blake Windred, Australian golfer
- Blake Wingle, American football player
- Blake Wise, American singer
- Blake Wood, American baseball player
- Blake Woodruff, American actor
- Blake Workman, American football player
- Blake Worsley, Canadian swimmer
- Blake Wotherspoon, Australian field hockey player
Y
- Blake Young (disambiguation), multiple people
Notable women with the given name "Blake"
- Blake Bolden, American ice hockey player
- Blake Dietrick, American professional basketball player
- Blake Lindsley, American actress
- Blake Lively, American actress
- Blake Russell, 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