Blake

Blake

Blake is a surname or a 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. Another theory is that it is a corruption of "Ap Lake", meaning "Son of Lake".

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Famous quotes containing the word blake:

    “My mother bore me in the southern wild,
    And I am black, but O! my soul is white;”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “O thou, with dewy locks, who lookest down
    Through the clear windows of the morning; turn
    Thine angel eyes upon our western isle,
    Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring!”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)