The story
- Old English · derived fromblæc“black”
- English todayBlakeley
Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishblæc all →
blakeBlackburnBlackmoreBlakeneyblackmoorBlackmerbleckBlakemereBlackmere
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.