# 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"

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### A

* Blake Acres (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
* Blake Adams (born 1975), American golfer
* Blake Ahearn (born 1984), American basketball coach
* Blake Aldridge (born 1982), British diver
* Blake Allen (born 1988), American composer
* Blake Anderson (born 1984), American actor
* Blake Anderson (American football) (born 1969), American football coach
* Blake Andrews (born 1968), American photographer
* Blake Annen (born 1991), American football player
* Blake Archbold (born 2001), Australian footballer
* Blake Austin (born 1991), Australian rugby league footballer
* Blake Ayshford (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer

### B

* Blake Bailey (born 1963), American writer
* Blake Baker (born 1982), American football coach
* Blake Ball (1938–2006), Canadian ice hockey player
* Blake Barnett (born 1995), American football player
* Blake Bartlett (born 1993), Bahamian sprinter
* Blake Bashoff (born 1981), American actor
* Blake Baxter (born 1963), American musician
* Blake Beavan (born 1989), American baseball player
* Blake Beemer (born 1991), American baseball player
* Blake Bell (born 1991), American football player
* Blake Bellefeuille (born 1977), American ice hockey player
* Blake Berris (born 1984), American actor
* Blake Bjorklund (born 1985), American stock car racing driver
* Blake Blackburn (born 1992), Australian sports shooter
* Blake Bodily (born 1998), American soccer player
* Blake Bolden (born 1991), American ice hockey player
* Blake Bortles (born 1992), American football player
* Blake Aoki Borysewicz (born 1993), Japanese-American basketball player
* Blake Nelson Boyd (born 1970), American actor
* Blake Brandel (born 1997), American football player
* Blake Brettschneider (born 1989), American soccer player
* Blake Broadhurst (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
* Blake Brockermeyer (born 1973), American football player
* Blake Brockington (1996–2015), American activist
* Blake Broszus (born 2000), Canadian fencer
* Blake Burdette (born 1980), American rugby union footballer
* Blake Burke (born 2003), American baseball player
* Blake Butler (1924–1981), English actor
* Blake Butler (author) (born 1979), American writer

### C

* Blake Caldwell (born 1984), American cyclist
* Blake Camp (born 1983), American soccer player
* Blake Campbell (born 1982), Australian rules footballer
* Blake Caparello (born 1985), Australian boxer
* Blake Caracella (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
* Blake Carpenter (born 1991), American politician
* Blake Cashman (born 1996), American football player
* Blake Cederlind (born 1996), American baseball player
* Blake Chancey (born 1962), American record producer
* Blake Chanslor (1920–2009), American businessman
* Blake Charlton (born 1979), American author
* Blake Christensen (born 1995), American ice hockey player
* Blake Christian (born 1997), American professional wrestler
* Blake Clark (born 1946), American actor and comedian
* Blake Coburn (born 1995), New Zealand cricketer
* Blake Cochrane (born 1991), Australian Paralympic swimmer
* Blake Coleman (born 1991), American ice hockey player
* Blake Comeau (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
* Blake Converse (born 1965), American admiral
* Blake Cooper (born 2001), American actor
* Blake Corum (born 2000), American football player
* Blake Costanzo (born 1984), American football player
* Blake Countess (born 1993), American football player
* Blake Crouch (born 1978), American author
* Blake Cullen (born 2002), English cricketer
* Blake Curd (born 1967), American politician

### D

* Blake Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Blake Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
* Blake Debassige (born 1956), Canadian artist
* Blake DeLong (born 1980), American actor
* Blake Dermott (born 1961), Canadian football player
* Blake Desjarlais (born 1993), Canadian politician
* Blake DeWitt (born 1985), American baseball player
* Blake Dietrick (born 1993), American basketball player
* Blake F. Donaldson (1892–1966), American physician
* Blake Doriot, American politician
* Blake Doyle (born 1954), American baseball coach
* Blake Dunlop (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player

### E

* Blake Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
* Blake Elliott (born 1981), American football player
* Blake Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Blake Emmons, Canadian singer
* Blake Enever (born 1991), Australian rugby union footballer
* Blake Enzie (born 2001), Canadian skeleton racer
* Blake Evans (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
* Blake McIver Ewing (born 1985), American singer-songwriter
* Blake Ezor (born 1966), American football player

### F

* Blake Farber (born 1985), American music director
* Blake Farenthold (born 1961), American politician
* Blake Feese (born 1982), American race car driver
* Blake Ferguson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Blake Filippi (born 1980), American politician
* Blake Fisher (born 2003), American football player
* Blake Fitzpatrick (born 1955), Canadian photographer
* Blake Fleming (born 1972), American drummer
* Blake Foster (born 1985), American actor and martial artist
* Blake Francis (born 1998), American basketball player
* Blake Freeland (born 2001), American football player
* Blake Frischknecht (born 1995), American soccer player

### G

* Blake Gailen (born 1985), American-Israeli baseball player
* Blake Gaudry (born 1991), American gymnast
* Blake Geoffrion (born 1988), American ice hockey player
* Blake Gibbons (born 1961), American actor
* Blake Gibson (born 1995), New Zealand rugby union footballer
* Blake Gideon (born 1989), American football coach
* Blake Gillikin (born 1998), American football player
* Blake Goldring (born 1958), Canadian philanthropist
* Blake Gopnik (born 1963), American art critic
* Blake Gottesman (born 1980), American politician
* Blake Govers (born 1996), Australian field hockey player
* Blake Green (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer
* Blake Griffin (born 1989), American basketball player
* Blake Grima (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
* Blake Grossman, British corporate executive
* Blake Grupe (born 1998), American football player

### H

* Blake Hamilton (born 1994), American basketball player
* Blake Hance (born 1996), American football player
* Blake Hardwick (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
* Blake Harnage (born 1988), American songwriter
* Blake Harrell (born 1979), American football coach
* Blake Harrison (born 1985), British actor
* Blake Haubeil (born 1999), American football player
* Blake Hawksworth (born 1983), American baseball player
* Blake Heron (1982–2017), American actor
* Blake Alphonso Higgs (1915–1986), Bahamian singer
* Blake Hillman (born 1996), American ice hockey player
* Blake Hoffarber (born 1988), American basketball player
* Blake Hood (born 1985), American actor
* Blake Horton (born 1994), Australian footballer
* Blake Horvath, American football player
* Blake Hounshell (1978–2023), American journalist
* Blake Huffman (1902–1985), Canadian politician
* Blake Hunter (born 1934), American television producer
* Blake Hutcheson, Canadian corporate executive

### I

* Blake Irving (born 1959), American corporate executive

### J

* Blake Jackson (born 1994), American football player
* Blake Jarwin (born 1994), American football player
* Blake Jenner (born 1992), American actor
* Blake Johnson, American politician
* Blake Johnson (Arkansas politician), American politician
* Blake Jones (born 1997), American stock car racing driver
* Blake Judd (born 1982), American musician

### K

* Blake Kessel (born 1989), American ice hockey player
* Blake Koch (born 1985), American stock car racing driver
* Blake Krikorian (1967–2016), American entrepreneur
* Blake Kyd (born 1988), South African rugby union footballer

### L

* Blake Lalli (born 1983), American baseball player
* Blake Lawrie (born 1997), Australian rugby league footballer
* Blake Lazarus (born 1988), Greek rugby league footballer
* Blake Leary (born 1990), Australian rugby league footballer
* Blake Lee (born 1983), American actor
* Blake Leeper (born 1989), American Paralympic athlete
* Blake Leibel (born 1981), Canadian murderer
* Blake Leigh-Smith (born 1990), Australian motorcycle racer
* Blake Lewis (born 1981), American singer
* Blake Leyh (born 1962), American composer
* Blake Lindsley (born 1973), American actress
* Blake Little, American photographer
* Blake Lively (born 1987), American actress
* Blake Lizotte (born 1997), American ice hockey player
* Blake Lloyd, Canadian engineer
* Blake Lothian (born 2002), American stock car racing driver
* Blake Lynch (born 1997), American football player

### M

* Blake MacDonald (born 1976), Canadian curler
* Blake Malone (born 2001), American soccer player
* Blake Marnell, American activist
* Blake Marshall (born 1965), Canadian football player
* Blake Martinez (born 1994), American football player
* Blake Masters (born 1986), American politician and author
* Blake Masters (screenwriter), American screenwriter
* Blake Mawson (born 1984), Canadian actor
* Blake Mazza (born 1998), American football player
* Blake McCormick (born 1964), American television producer
* Blake McGrath (born 1983), Canadian dancer
* Blake Michael (born 1996), American actor
* Blake Miguez (born 1981), American politician
* Blake Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
* Blake Mills (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
* Blake Mitchell (born 1984), American football player
* Blake Mitchell (baseball) (born 2004), American baseball player
* Blake Moore (born 1980), American politician
* Blake Moore (American football) (born 1958), American football player
* Blake Morant, American academic administrator
* Blake Morgan, American musician
* Blake Morrison (born 1950), British poet and author
* Blake Morton (born 1991), American curler
* Blake Mott (born 1996), Australian tennis player
* Blake Mueller (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
* Blake Murphy (born 2000), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Blake Mycoskie (born 1976), American entrepreneur

### N

* Blake Neely (born 1969), American composer
* Blake Nelson (born 1965), American author
* Blake Paul Neubert (born 1981), American painter
* Blake T. Newton (1889–1977), American politician
* Blake Nikitaras (born 2000), Australian cricketer
* Blake Nill (born 1962), Canadian football player
* Blake Nordstrom (1960–2019), American businessman

### O

* Blake Ochoa (born 1985), Spanish baseball player
* Blake O'Connor (born 2000), Australian musician
* Blake Oshiro (born 1970), American politician
* Blake Ostler (born 1957), American philosopher

### P

* Blake Papsin (born 1959), Canadian otolaryngologist
* Blake Parker (born 1985), American football player
* Blake Parlett (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
* Blake Paulson, American politician
* Blake Pavey (born 2002), Australian comedian
* Blake Pedersen (born 1965), Canadian politician
* Blake Pelly (1907–1990), Australian politician
* Blake Percival, American whistleblower
* Blake Perkins (born 1996), American baseball player
* Blake Pieroni (born 1995), American swimmer
* Blake Pietila (born 1993), American ice hockey player
* Blake Pietila (ice hockey, born 2000) (born 2000), American ice hockey player
* Blake Pope (born 2003), American soccer player
* Blake Pouliot (born 1994), Canadian violinist
* Blake Powell (born 1991), American soccer player
* Blake Price (born 1974), Canadian sports broadcaster
* Blake Proehl (born 1999), American football player

### Q

* Blake Quick (born 2000), Australian cyclist

### R

* Blake Reid, Canadian singer-songwriter
* Blake Ricciuto (born 1992), Australian footballer
* Blake Richards (born 1974), Canadian politician
* Blake Richardson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Blake Ritson (born 1978), English actor and director
* Blake Robbins (born 1965), American actor
* Blake Robison, American actor
* Blake Roman, American actor
* Blake Roney (born 1958), American entrepreneur
* Blake Ross (born 1985), American software engineer
* Blake Russell (born 1975), American runner
* Blake Rutherford (born 1997), American baseball player

### S

* Blake Sabol (born 1998), American baseball player
* Blake Sandberg (born 1975), American musician
* Blake L. Sartini (born 1959), American entrepreneur
* Blake Schilb (born 1983), American-Czech basketball player
* Blake Schlueter (born 1986), American football player
* Blake Schoupp, Australian rugby league footballer
* Blake Schraader (born 1994), South African cricketer
* Blake Schwarzenbach (born 1967), American musician
* Blake Sennett (born 1973), American musician
* Blake Shapen (born 2001), American football player
* Blake Shelton (born 1976), American singer
* Blake Shepard, American voice actor
* Blake Shields, American actor
* Blake Shinn (born 1987), Australian jockey
* Blake Signal (born 1982), New Zealand lawn bowler
* Blake Sims (born 1992), American football player
* Blake Skjellerup (born 1985), New Zealand speed skater
* Blake Slatkin (born 1997), American songwriter
* Blake Sloan (born 1975), American ice hockey player
* Blake Smith (born 1991), American soccer player
* Blake Smith (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player
* Blake Snell (born 1992), American baseball player
* Blake Snyder (1957–2009), American screenwriter
* Blake Solly, Australian rugby executive
* Blake Speers (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
* Blake Spence (born 1975), American football player
* Blake Stein (born 1973), American baseball player
* Blake Stephen (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
* Blake Stephens, American politician
* Blake Stepp (born 1982), American basketball player
* Blake Stern (1917–1987), American tenor
* Blake Stowell, American corporate executive
* Blake Strode (born 1987), American lawyer
* Blake Swihart (born 1992), American baseball player

### T

* Blake Taaffe (born 1999), Australian rugby league footballer
* Blake Taylor (born 1995), American baseball player
* Blake Tekotte (born 1987), American baseball player
* Blake Thompson (born 1993), Australian footballer
* Blake Thomson (born 1997), Australian cricketer
* Blake Tillery (born 1983), American politician
* Blake Trahan (born 1993), American baseball player
* Blake Treinen (born 1988), American baseball player

### V

* Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), American academic administrator
* Blake Wayne Van Leer (1926–1997), American naval officer

### W

* Blake Wagner (born 1988), American soccer coach
* Blake Wallace (born 1992), Australian rugby league footballer
* Blake Walston (born 2001), American baseball player
* Blake Ward (born 1956), Canadian sculptor
* Blake Watson (born 1999), American football player
* Blake Wescott, American musician
* Blake Wesley (disambiguation), multiple people
* Blake Wheeler (born 1986), American ice hockey player
* Blake White (born 2000), American-Jamaican footballer
* Blake Whiteheart (born 2000), American football player
* Blake Whitlatch (born 1955), American football player
* Blake Colburn Wilbur (1901–1974), American surgeon
* Blake Wilson (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
* Blake S. Wilson, American researcher
* Blake Williams (born 1985), Australian motocross racer
* Blake Williams (basketball) (1924–2003), American basketball player
* Blake Windred (born 1997), Australian golfer
* Blake Wingle (born 1960), American football player
* Blake Wise (born 1989), American singer
* Blake Wood (born 1985), American baseball player
* Blake Woodruff (born 1995), American actor
* Blake Workman (1908–1983), American football player
* Blake Worsley (born 1987), Canadian swimmer
* Blake Wotherspoon (born 1997), Australian field hockey player

### Y

* Blake Young (disambiguation), multiple people

## Notable women with the given name "Blake"

* Blake Bolden (born 1991), American ice hockey player
* Blake Dietrick (born 1993), American professional basketball player
* Blake Lindsley (born 1973), American actress
* Blake Lively (born 1987), American actress
* Blake Russell (born 1975), 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