Etymology

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle High German bli ← Old High German blio
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  1. Old High German · derived fromblio
  2. Middle High German · derived frombli“lead”
  3. English todayBley

From the German occupational surname, from Middle High German bli (“lead”), from Old High German blio.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.