The story
- Middle English · derived fromblak“black”
- English todayBlackett
A diminutive of the surname Black or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak (“black”) + heaved (“head”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishblak all →
blakebleakBlacklock
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.