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Blake is a unisex given name, [1] [2] 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.
The origins of the name Blake are also considered to be Old Norse, first appearing in Yorkshire, England, possibly derived from the word Blaker, referring to a village and a former municipality of Akershus county, Norway (east of Oslo). [citation needed] Blake often refers to the British poet, painter and printmaker William Blake (1757–1827).
Blake's phrase resonates with a broader theme in his works; what he envisioned as a physically and spiritually repressive ideology based on a quantified reality. Blake saw the cotton mills and collieries of the period as a mechanism for the enslavement of millions, but the concepts underpinning the works had a wider application: [15] [16]
Blake Lively explained the “intimate” meaning behind the name of her new beauty brand, Blake Brown. “Brown is my dad’s [last] name,” Lively, 36, said while chatting with Harper’s ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. English poet and artist (1757–1827) For other people named William Blake, see William Blake (disambiguation). William Blake Portrait by Thomas Phillips (1807) Born (1757-11-28) 28 November 1757 Soho, London, England Died 12 August 1827 (1827-08-12) (aged 69) Charing Cross, London ...
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“But my husband loved it, which made me like it more,” Lively said. According to Lively, Reynolds, 47, thought his wife’s unique name sounded like “lavender.”
Blake Belladonna, a character of the web series RWBY; Anita Blake, a character, protagonist of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of books by Laurell K. Hamilton; Bellamy Blake, fictional character in The 100 TV series; Bob Blake, a character in a series African American westerns from the 1930s played by Herb Jeffries