Blakeley
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning dark field or pale field; a form of blake.
Blakeley by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Blakeley. In the US, 54 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 76 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Blakeley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Blakeley, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
- Sullivandark-eyed or black-eyed one165 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean white
Like Blakeley, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Blakeley
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